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Realgar from
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Habit:Crystals to 12cm
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Orpiment127
Stibnite56
Quartz53
Calcite34
Pararealgar31
Getchellite27
Pharmacolite23
Fluorite22
Laffittite11
Stibiconite9
Guérinite8
Picropharmacolite8
Gypsum8
Scorodite7
Rozenite6
Galkhaite5
Native Sulphur5
Melanterite5
Weilite4
Wakabayashilite4
Baryte4
Polhemusite4
Native Arsenic4
Metastibnite4
Covellite3
Pyrite2
Ferrimolybdite2
Chalcocite2
Halotrichite2
Ilsemannite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (83 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9469:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Realgar in this Region
Getchell Section 5 pit (Section 5 pit; Marshall Canyon Mine), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Realgar
0.7km (0.4 miles) Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Hansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Getchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Getchell Section 5 pit (Section 5 pit; Marshall Canyon Mine), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Riley Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Rabbit Creek Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Mag Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
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