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Cinnabar from
Red Elephant Prospect (Lyons Mine; Hiller Chrome Mine), Upper Burnt River Mining District, Baker County, Oregon, USA


Locality type:Prospect
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 Elephant Prospect (Lyons Mine; Hiller Chrome Mine), Upper Burnt River Mining District, Baker County, Oregon, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:473178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:473178:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
24.0km (14.9 miles) Pioneer Prospect (Alkali Springs; Hereford Antimony Prospect), Upper Burnt River Mining District, Baker County, Oregon, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Diadem and Brindle Horse Occurrence (Snow Creek), Greenhorn Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) Paramount Occurrence (Golden Fleece), Greenhorn Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USA
41.9km (26.1 miles) White Wonder Occurrence (Mulkey Cinnabar), Whitney Area, Baker County, Oregon, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) IXL Occurrence (Hidden Treasure), Greenhorn Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) Ibex & Bald Mountain, Cracker Creek Mining District, Oregon, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) Ibex Mine, Cracker Creek Mining District, Oregon, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) Canyon Creek Cinnabar, Canyon Creek Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USA
50.2km (31.2 miles) Red Boy Group (Poor Boy; Red Boy; May Queen; Mineral Wonder; Jay Bird), Greenhorn Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Long Walk Prospect, Susanville Mining District (Comer Mining District), Grant County, Oregon, USA
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