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Cinnabar from
Red Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, 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 Red Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427384:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘOrd Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord group; Indian claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘRattlesnake Mine (Rattlesnake group; Rattlesnake property; Lola Lee Mine), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘGila County group (Northern Light; Gold Creek; Bowman & Reynolds; Big Tunnell; Gila Co. Cinnabar), Gold Creek, Gila County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘMercuria Mine (Mercuria group), Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘPine Mountain Mine (Pine Mountain group; Boardman group; Midco Reserves; Turnbull group), Pine Mountain, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘL and N group of claims (Oneida group; Ward group), Gila County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘMaricopa Mine, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘSlate Creek, Kayler Butte area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘMaricopa Quicksilver Mines Company claims (Maricopa group; IRL group [?]), Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘSunnyside claim, Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10040380, MRDS ID #M055115.
 
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