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Cinnabar from
Horseshoe Bend Hg occurrence, Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs as crystals in plates and bunches.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horseshoe Bend Hg occurrence, Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328888:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘWillow Creek Mercury deposit, Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘCrystal Mine (Penobscott Mine), Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCabinet Mine, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed S-Hg occurrence [1], Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘButterfly Mine, Hayward, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘOro Y Plata Mine (Oro-Plata Extension Mine; Red Wing Willard Mine; Pay Rock Mine; Silver Star Mine; Blue Wing Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas
Turner, Henry Ward (1896), Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada: USGS, 17th. Annual Report, part 1: 678
Lowell, F.L. (1916), Mines and mineral resources of the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 602
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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