SAN BENITO COUNTY

Alpine mine, [and Aurora mine, Molina No. 1 mine, San Carlos mine] - 2 miles south & SE of Idria, New Idria district. cinnabar, mercury, montroydite(Alpine), quartz (amethyst(SC) & chrysoprase (Aurora)).

Artinite locality, [and Old talc prospect] - 1 mile NE of Picacho Peak, New Idria district. artinite, calcite, desautelsite, dypingite, hydromagnesite.

Benitoite Gem mine [also known as Dallas Gem mine, Gem mine] - 1 mile south of Santa Rita Peak, New Idria district. albite, baotite, bario-orthojoaquinite, benitoite, digenite, djurleite, fresnoite, joaquinite, jonesite, natrolite, neptunite, serandite.

Clear Creek deposits - on Clear Creek, New Idria district. analcime, apatite, coalingite, copper, datolite, dolomite, epsomite, hydromagnesite, jadeite, magnesiochromite, natrolite, reevesite, uvarovite.

Garnet prospect - ridge 1 to 1.3 miles west of Aurora mine, New Idria district. andradite (melanite & topazolite), clinochlore, diopside, vesuvianite.

Green Fire mine - north of Sawmill Creek, New Idria district. andradite (demantoid).

Junilla mine - 0.5 miles SE of Benitoite Gem mine, New Idria district. andradite (demantoid, melanite, & topazolite).

Juniper mine - 3 miles south of Panoche, Panoche district. aluminite, alunogen, cinnabar, metacinnabar, millerite.

KCAC mine [also known as Union Carbide Asbestos mine] - 0.5 miles west of Benitoite Gem mine, New Idria district. aragonite, brucite, coalingite, ilmenite, magnetite, talc.

Llanada copper mine - 4 miles NNE of Llanada, Panoche Valley. chrysocolla, glaucophane, libethenite, nissonite, turquoise, volborthite.

Mina Numero Uno - near San Benito Mountain, New Idria district. albite, benitoite, joaquinite, neptunite, strontiojoaquinite.

New Idria mine - south of Idria, New Idria district. cinnabar, diadochite, idrialite, koninckite, mercury, metacinnabar, millerite, onofrite, schuettite, tiemannite, voltaite.

Perovskite Peak [also known as Schist Knob, Chlorite Knob] - 1.5 miles south of Santa Rita Peak, New Idria district. agardite-La, andradite (melanite), baddeleyite, beidellite, clinochlore, diopside, fluorapatite, ilmenite, perovskite, pseudomalachite, rutile, vesuvianite (cerian).

Picacho mine [also known as Fourth of July mine] - 3 miles WSW of San Benito Mountain, New Idria district. cinnabar, karpatite.

Stayton district [includes Ambrose mine, Lone Tree mine, Quien Sabe mine] - 10 miles ENE of Hollister. stibiconite, stibnite.

Victor mine - 2.5 miles west of San Benito Mountain, New Idria district. benitoite, fresnoite, pectolite, titantaramellite.

Windy Mountain claim - 1 mile SSE of Santa Rita Peak, New Idria district. apatite, perovskite, spinel, titanite.

 

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