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Metacinnabar from
Cerro Gordo Mine (Bradford Mine), Cherry Peak, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs in small amounts.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Gordo Mine (Bradford Mine), Cherry Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650603
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650603:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘButts Mine (Butts Quicksilver Mine; IXL Mine), San Benito, San Benito County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘValley View Mine (Panoche Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘCerro Bonito Mine (Mathews Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘLea-Grant Mine (Lea Grant Mine; Toothache Mine; Wild Turkey Mine; Juniper Mine; Jupiter Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘComstock Mine, Pacheco Peak, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), Santa Clara County, California, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) ⓘClear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘNew Idria Mine (New Idria group; New Hope vein), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘMolina Mine, Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘSan Carlos Mine (New Idria-San Carlos Mine), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘFlint group, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
References
Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 380
Melville, William Harlow; Lindgren, Waldemar (1890) Contributions to the mineralogy of the Pacific coast. Bulletin 61. US Geological Survey 41 pp. doi:10.3133/b61 p.23
Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 46
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 262
 
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