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Cinnabar from
Mina Development Company Mine (Cinnabar King Mine; Booth Wardell Mine; Seitz Mine; Mina Mercury Mine; Mina Merc Mine), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mina Development Company Mine (Cinnabar King Mine; Booth Wardell Mine; Seitz Mine; Mina Mercury Mine; Mina Merc Mine), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:191695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:191695:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘMoser Mercury Mine (Moser Nos. 1 and 2 Mines), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘKeg prospect (Keg and Barrel prospect), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLost Steers Mine, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCoveney prospect, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBright Beauty Prospect, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBailey Cinnabar Mine, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCardinal Mine (Towner and Ott Mine; Harris Mine), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mine (MRDS10045351), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘReward Mine (Kane Mine; Leighton Cinnabar Mine; Sommerfield and Thompson Mine), Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘDrew Mine, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S.G.S. Bulletin 973E
Ross, Donald C. (1961) Geology and mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada. Bulletin 58. Nevada Bureau of Mines
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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