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Cinnabar from
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TA017; near Gemuk Mountain), Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA


Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TA017; near Gemuk Mountain), Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:594409
Long-form Identifier:1:3:594409:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
18.4km (11.4 miles) Redskin Prospect, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Lucky Day Mine, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) Schaeffer Prospect, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Cinnabar Creek placer Prospect, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Cinnabar Creek lode Mine, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) Broken Shovel Prospect, Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Rocky Creek Prospect, Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) Bear Creek Mine, Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
84.0km (52.2 miles) Kapon Creek Mine, Bethel Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
90.4km (56.2 miles) Kagati Lake Prospect, Bethel Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USA
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