Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury group; Queen property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 claim), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 28' 35'' North , 112° 36' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Wilhoit | 868 (2011) | 6.1km |
Prescott | 41,899 (2017) | 14.8km |
Williamson | 5,438 (2011) | 24.6km |
Peeples Valley | 428 (2011) | 25.4km |
Prescott Valley | 42,197 (2017) | 30.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
---|---|---|
Prescott Gem & Mineral Club | Prescott Valley, Arizona | 31km |
Mindat Locality ID:
46161
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:46161:1
GUID (UUID V4):
9215874e-1b76-4203-9b39-12e6f144e162
A Hg-Cu occurrence/mine with underground workings. Discovered by Col. Charles N. Baker in 1922. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 34.47028N, 112.60472W.
Mineralization is a vein deposit. Ore control was faults. The veins are located along faults. Ore concentration was in brecciated rock in siliceous veins along dikes of andesite or rhyolite. The dikes parallel faults.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ 'Limonite' |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Great Plains DomainDomain
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