Where are cinnabar mercury deposits found worldwide?

Mercury occurs in natural deposits throughout the world primarily in the form of cinnabar, which is mercuric sulfide. Ores containing these valuable minerals are formed through geological processes and extracted from the earth through mining. Specific locations such as the New Idria Mercury Mine in California have historically hosted these deposits.

What we know

• Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). [3]
• Ores are natural rocks or sediments containing valuable minerals concentrated above background levels that are economically viable to mine. [2]
• The New Idria Mercury Mine in San Benito County, California, is an example of a mercury mining site. [5]

Where to go next

• a case in pointWhat is cinnabar and how is it used?
• how it workedHow do ore bodies form in the Earth's crust?
• what followedWhat are the health effects of mercury exposure?
• the bigger pictureWhat is a natural rock or sediment containing valuable minerals?
• whereWhat happened at the New Idria Mercury Mine in California?
• an unexpected connectionHow does an esoteric interwar philosopher connect to mercury mining towns?Both topics appear in broader encyclopedic collections detailing twentieth-century history and natural resources, though they are entirely unrelated substantively.

Sources

• [1]ore (Wikidata Q102798) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Ore · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Mercury (element) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Julius Evola · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]New Idria, California · CC BY-SA 4.0