The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury locality

Gail E. Dunning; Ted A. Hadley; John Magnasco; Andrew G. Christy; Joseph F. Cooper

The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury locality

Gail E. Dunning^*, Ted A. Hadley, John Magnasco, Andrew G. Christy, Joseph F. Cooper

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Abstract

From the first discovery in 1959 until the present, the abandoned Clear Creek mine has yielded an exceptional suite of rare and unusual mercury-bearing minerals unequaled in the world. Among those recently described as new are aurivilliusite, clearcreekite, deanesmithite, edgarbaileyite, edoylerite, hanawaltite, peterbaylissite, wattersite, szymańskiite, tedhadleyite and vasilyevite. In addition, seven new mercury-bearing species are currently under study. Other mercury-bearing minerals identified from the mineralized veins include montroydite, schuetteite, calomel, gianellaite, mosesite, terlinguaite, eglestonite, metacinnabar, cinnabar, native mercury and the second world occurrence of donharrisite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-363
Number of pages	27
Journal	Mineralogical Record
Volume	36
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Jul 2005

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The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury locality

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