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Cinnabar from
Dawson Mine (Dawson pit), Kings County, California, 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 Dawson Mine (Dawson pit), Kings County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668239
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668239:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘLittle Kings Mine (Southern Pacific property), Kings County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Hg occurrence [2], Kings County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘAvenal Canyon Extension Mine, Kings County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘAvenal Canyon and Fair View properties (Canyon Mine; Avenal Canyon Mine; Summit; Segregation; Francis claim), Kings County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘKings Mine, Kings County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘWhite property (Table Mountain; Friedana; Anderson), Parkfield, Monterey County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘKings Extension Mine, Kings County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘWhite Mine (Friedana; Anderson; Table Mountain), Parkfield, Monterey County, California, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘRattlesnake prospect, Parkfield, Monterey County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘPatriquin Mine (Cholame-Parkfield Mine; Paloma Mining Company; Franciscan Mine; Pitts Mine), Parkfield, Monterey County, California, USA
References
Bailey, Edgar H. (1942), Quicksilver deposits of the Parkfield district, California: USGS Bulletin 936-F: 143-166
Southern Pacific Company (1964b) Minerals for Industry, Vol III - Southern California, 242 pp.: 14-15
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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