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Nevada · Pershing County

Cinnabar City Mine

Unconfirmed Mercury Underground 9 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Pershing
Mining district
Spring Valley District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Mercury
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Clack, King George Mine, Harris, Cinnabar King, Herbert Hoover Claims, Nancy and Jackie Claims 1975

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 9 adit symbols
  • Adit : Fitting , 1987
  • Adit : Unionville , 1954
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • H. F. Honn ; Tancor International? · Historical operator
  • E. N. Horn And Charles Stackhouse; Tancor International? · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Quartz
  • Cinnabar
  • Calomel
  • Mercury
  • Stibnite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (9)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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