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Cinnabar from
Cinnabar Hill Mine, Holy Cross Mining District, Churchill 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 Cinnabar Hill Mine, Holy Cross Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:274484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:274484:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘApache Mercury Claims (NBMG Samplesites 1476; 1477), Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘStockton Property, Rawhide Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘGold Bug property, Fairview Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘPoinsetta property, Poinsettia Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
64.8km (40.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect [2], Rhyolite Pass, Luning, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
66.4km (41.2 miles) ⓘMercury Prospect (MRDS10095485), Nye County, Nevada, USA
66.4km (41.3 miles) ⓘEastgate Prospect, Eastgate Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
68.0km (42.3 miles) ⓘTalapoosa mine, Talapoosa Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles) ⓘFinger Rock prospect (Wilson prospect; Carmen prospect), Fairplay Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘDeLongchamps prospect, Ramsey Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
References
USBM Inf Circ 7093 (1939)
J.V. Tingley and J. Quade (1987) Mineral resource inventory - U.S. Navy master land withdrawal area, Churchill County, Nevada:. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology OFR 87-2
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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