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Native Mercury from
Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Native Mercury
Formula:Hg
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar32
Quartz29
- var Chalcedony1
Edgarbaileyite21
Montroydite19
Wattersite17
Opal5
Eglestonite4
Deanesmithite3
Edoylerite2
Metacinnabar2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Mercury data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7551
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7551:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Mercury
2.6km (1.6 miles) Alpine Mine, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Spanish Mine, Idria Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Unnamed Hg occurrence [12], Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) New Idria Mine (New Idria group; New Hope vein), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Molina Mine, Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
67.4km (41.9 miles) Kings Mine, Kings County, California, USA
68.6km (42.6 miles) Little Kings Mine (Southern Pacific property), Kings County, California, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) Unnamed Ag-Sb-Hg mine [1] (Quicksilver & Antimony deposits), Henrietta Peak, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), San Benito County, California, USA
78.8km (48.9 miles) Comstock Mine, Pacheco Peak, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), Santa Clara County, California, USA
81.8km (50.8 miles) Vaughn Mine, Pacheco Peak, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), Santa Clara County, California, USA
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