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Cinnabar from
Carlin Gold Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka 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 Carlin Gold Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:55694
Long-form Identifier:1:3:55694:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cinnabar in this Region
Carlin-Hardie-Pete Mine Area, Carlin Gold Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCarlin-Hardie-Pete Mine Area, Carlin Gold Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘPete Deposit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘBlue Star Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘBetze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘMeikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘPurple Vein prospect, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘTusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘGold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘRossi Mine (Sage Hen group), Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘHatter prospect, Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Rota, Joseph C. (1989) An Occurrence of Orpiment at the Carlin Gold Mine, Nevada. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (6) 469-471
Kuehn, C. A., Rose, A. W. (1992) Geology and geochemistry of wall-rock alteration at the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. Economic Geology, 87 (7) 1697-1721 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.7.1697
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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