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Cinnabar from
Horse Canyon Mine (Lida & Lucile groups; HC claims; Horse Canyon Mercury Mine; Lida claim; Mercury claims; Virgin claims; Lucille claim; Magee Mercury Inc.; Lida group; Lucile group; Gabbs Dugan property 1960), Jett Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye 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 Horse Canyon Mine (Lida & Lucile groups; HC claims; Horse Canyon Mercury Mine; Lida claim; Mercury claims; Virgin claims; Lucille claim; Magee Mercury Inc.; Lida group; Lucile group; Gabbs Dugan property 1960), Jett Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193330:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘManhattan Gulch placers Delta (Manhattan Gold Dredging Co. operations; Manhattan placer deposits), Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘWillow Springs prospect (Willow Spring), Willow Spring, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘManhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘWhite Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘMariposa Canyon, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘUnknown prospect (MRDS10044342), Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘSenator (Red Bird Toquima), Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘSilver Bismuth claim, Mariposa Canyon, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.5km (15.9 miles) ⓘWildcat Prospect, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘBombassei Prospect, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
Kleinhampl, Frank J., Ziony, Joseph I. (1984) Mineral Resources of Northern Nye County, Nevada. Bulletin 99B. Nevada Bureau of Mines
J.V. Tingley and J. Quade (1986) A mineral inventory of the Tonopah Resource Area, Battle Mountain District, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology OFR 86-14.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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