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Metacinnabar from
Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:269396
Long-form Identifier:1:3:269396:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘMercury District of Southwest Arkansas, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘIsabell Mine (Isabell Prospect; Isabell Hill Mine; Craig Mine), Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘU.S. Mercury Company Mine, Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘHales Mine (Ajax Mine; Hales Mining and Development Co; Norton and Wright; Ajax Mercury Co; Hales) Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘParker Hill Mine, Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘIsabell West Mine, Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘInterstate Mill Facility (Funk Property; V.B. Lewis Property; Vb Lewis Property), Pike County, Arkansas, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘEast Gap Ridge Mine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘGap Ridge Mine, Lake Greeson, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘMac-Holmes and Research Mining Co. Mine (Caponetto shaft; Valley Mine), Nutts, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
References
Roberts, A. C., Cooper, M. A., Hawthorne, F. C., Gault, R. A., Grice, J. D., Nikischer, A. J. (2003) Arytsmithite, a new Hg1+-Al phosphate-hydroxide from the Funderburk Prospect, Pike County, Arkansas, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3) 721-725 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.721
 
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