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Cinnabar from
Hughes Creek Placer (Idaho Warren), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hughes Creek Placer (Idaho Warren), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:447932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:447932:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘRoot Ranch Placer, Chamberlain Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘYellow Band Mine, Yellow Band Shafer Group (Shafer Group), Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
90.5km (56.2 miles) ⓘMoose Meadow Placer, Chamberlain Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘChamberlain Meadow Placer, River of No Return Wilderness, Chamberlain Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
95.5km (59.4 miles) ⓘLodgepole Meadow Placer, Chamberlain Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
95.8km (59.5 miles) ⓘHaypress Meadow Placer, Chamberlain Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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