| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Realgar |
| Formula: | As4S4 |
| Habit: | Crystals to 12cm |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Orpiment | 127 |
| Stibnite | 56 |
| Quartz | 53 |
| Calcite | 34 |
| Pararealgar | 31 |
| Getchellite | 27 |
| Pharmacolite | 23 |
| Fluorite | 22 |
| Laffittite | 11 |
| Stibiconite | 9 |
| Guérinite | 8 |
| Picropharmacolite | 8 |
| Gypsum | 8 |
| Scorodite | 7 |
| Rozenite | 6 |
| Galkhaite | 5 |
| Native Sulphur | 5 |
| Melanterite | 5 |
| Weilite | 4 |
| Wakabayashilite | 4 |
| Baryte | 4 |
| Polhemusite | 4 |
| Native Arsenic | 4 |
| Metastibnite | 4 |
| Covellite | 3 |
| Pyrite | 2 |
| Ferrimolybdite | 2 |
| Chalcocite | 2 |
| Halotrichite | 2 |
| Ilsemannite | 1 |
| Data |
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| 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 Gallery | View Gallery (83 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9469 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9469:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Realgar in this Region |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| References |
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Bowell, R.J., Perkins, W.F., Tahija, D., Ackerman, J., Mansanti, J. (2005) Application of LAICPMS to trouble shooting mineral processing problems at the Getchell mine, Nevada. Minerals Engineering, 18 (8). 754-761 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2005.03.010 |
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Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA