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Cinnabar from
Holmes, Pike County, Arkansas, USA


Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holmes, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1039059
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1039059:5
GUID (UUID V4):b6ad9711-3047-4541-ae2a-9ae54cd88374
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.0km (0.0 miles) Holmes, Clark County, Arkansas, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Pike Mining Co.. (Rainbow Mining Co.), Pike County, Arkansas, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Atlas Quicksilver, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wall Mountain shaft (Mid-Continent Quicksilver Company shaft), Pike City, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Palmer prospect, Nutts, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Antimony Ltd. (Rainbow; Hawken and Anderson; Wright and Guess; Guess Property; Wright), Pike County, Arkansas, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Wall Rock Shaft, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Ozans Sec. 31, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Wheelers Property, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Hill 2, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY AND OEE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT BY JOHN C. REED AND FRANCIS...Cretaceous rocks__-----___--_------_----___-_-______ Pike gravel member of Trinity formation. _____________... Wall Rock shaft, and prospects between __ Mac-Holmes mine.________________________________________ SW^NW^...Geologic and topographic map of the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district, with structure sections...section of Stanley shale exposed in the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district, with more detailed sections
Report (volume)
Bartlesville sand in T. 23 N:, R. 10 E., Osage County, Okla., by N. Wood Bass, W. Reese Dillard, and...'(C) Geology and ore deposits of the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district, by John C. Reed and Francis...Geologic and topographic map of the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district, with structure sections_____________...section' of Stanley shale exposed in the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district, with more detailed sections...Jackfork sandstone exposed in the southwestern Arkansas quicksilver district________---_---_-___---_-_-___-___
Report (volume)
Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
............................................. Arkansas.................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South...examination of the geology of western central Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1888, vol. 1...J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892, vol. 5...relative to the economic-geologic products of Arkansas, prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ma. Since the first terrestrial appearance of cinnabar more than 3 billion years ago, mercury minerals...effectively sequestered as insoluble nanoparticles of cinnabar (HgS) or tiemannite (HgSe) during the period of...biosphere at ~400 Ma. Keywords: Ocean geochemistry, cinnabar, tiemannite, biosphere, supercontinent cycle,...contain linear S–Hg–S configurations, for example in cinnabar, which has infinite helical chains (–S–Hg–S–)∞...(see Table 2 for key) Oldest (Ma) Youngest (Ma) Cinnabar HgS >2000 known localities: AU02, AU04, AT02,
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...continued with mining in north­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil War, and peaked...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par­ ticularly the microminerals, will...for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting. Particular thanks goes to these hardcore
Report (volume)
from the nepheline-syenite of Dungannon, Hastings County, Ontario. Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. i, pp... 24 Bain (Harry Foster). Geology of Washington County [Iowa]. Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. v, pp. 113-173,...road materials. Includes a geologic map of the county. Bull. 149 2 18 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OP N... .25 Bain (Harry Foster.). Geology of Woodbury County [Iowa]. Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. v, pp. 243-299,...32-43, 1896. Describes the physiography of the county, the stratigraphy of typical sections, the distribution
Catalog/List
Copper - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge...Admiralty Flats on the Second Sun Vein. Tom Wolfe USA label. NY.2A19 Baryte after witherite - Nentsberry...Middleton Quarry - late 1990s. NY.2G15 Anglesite - Pike Law, Newbiggin, Teesdale, Co.Durham. D Bridges 1982...West End Hushes. NY.2G38 Fluorite and calcite - Pike Law, Newbiggin, Teesdale, Co.Durham. D Lloyd 1989... Durham. S.Bridges 1984. [NY 821 357]. NY.M15 Cinnabar - Old Gang Mine, Swaledale, Yorkshire. T.Bridges
Report (issue)
PERIDOTITE IN ARKANSAS. By HUGH D. MISER. INTRODUCTION. Four areas of peridotite near Murfreesboro, Pike County...writers have contributed to the literature on the Arkansas diamonds and the geology of the peridotite in...of Arkansas diamonds: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th eer., vol. 24, 1907, pp. 275-276. Diamonds in Arkansas: Bull...pp. 187-194. Fuller, J. T., Diamond mine in Pike County, Ark.: Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 87, 1909, pp...and corrections regarding the diamond region of Arkansas: Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 87, 1909, pp. 371-372
Catalog/List
secondaries Sphalerite Realgar & Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite &...var Marmetite Sphalerite Sphalerite Berthierite Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland... Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite
Report (volume)
deposits occur in the south-central part of Harney County and are more than 100 miles from either Burns,...mercurian tetrahedrite (schwatzite), chalcopyrite, and cinnabar, the latter being the only producer of mercury...host of secondary minerals an earthy mixture of cinnabar and "limonite" is of particular interest because...chalcopyrite is abundant, and a little primary cinnabar is present. 19 20 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...central part of the district northward, primary cinnabar increases in relation to the other sulfldes until
Journal (issue)
the Opalite mining district of southern Mal heur County, Oregon, is again producing a substantial anount...McDermitt in southern Malheur County, Oregon, and northern Humboldt County, Nevada (see index map). McDermitt...part responsible for 'the concentration of the cinnabar. "Mineralization probably began during or shortly...than 100 feet in maximum thickness in which the cinnabar isfinely divided and is generally intimately mixed...unsilicified shale and sandstone. Crystalline cinnabar fills open spaces in the shales and is deposited
Journal (issue)
proceeds from Washint?ton along the old Leec;b~1r~ Pike to within a QWtrter of a mile of the Goose Creek...Intrusive Triassic Diah:ise at Goose Creek, Loudown County, Virginia, PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MusETIM...high, is in the Big Bend Park of southern Brewster County whose southern boundary is the Rio Grande. Some...quartz crystals in form of an "r" from Hot Springs, Arkansas. Y- Wa£d.ite Y in polished half nodule of vamate...since the 14th century. The orecodies (massive cinnabar which is mercury sulphide) lie in limestone. The
Report (issue)
Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: Bull. 451, 130 pp., 1911. 30c. -. The ore...geology and mining district'of Leadville, Lake County, Colo.: Second Ann. Rept, pp, 201-290, 1882. $2...pp., 1912. The Grand Gulch mining region, Mohave County, Ariz.: Bull. 580-D, pp. 39-58, 1914. Some mining...LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, and BANCROFT, ROWLAND, Ferry County, Republic (Eureka) district [Washington]: Bull... Geology and geography of a portion of Lincoln County, Wyo. [gold, platinum, etc.]: Bull. 542, pp. 121-136
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (issue)
36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New...(1881) (ca.) Map of Sierra Mines, Daly, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. James D. Hague Papers, Huntington... v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold, L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $7 v .9 /# 3 Kalahari rhodochrosite...(1903), Eakle (1908) and Laizure (1925). Although cinnabar was the principle ore mineral of the district...Most of the district mines are in western Merced County, although some may be found to the north in Santa
Journal (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...new veins on the Small Fry prospect in Rio Arriba County. The fluorite veins here are in Tertiary volcanic...barite from a location near Abiquiu in Rio Arriba County. The barite crystals are thin, tabular and gemmy
Journal (issue)
specimen of Malachite. 2: ‘ THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. CINNABAR. Br E. STANLEY LAW. [Read before the Students’...Students’ Mineralogical Club of Philadelphia] THE name cinnabar originally signified dragon’s blood, and is sup...'I‘heophrastus was the first to speak of native cinnabar as yielding quicksilver, and being used for vermilion...century of the Christian Era small deposits of cinnabar were found in man well scattered localities ,...exclusive privilege of manufacturing vermilion. Cinnabar 0r mercuric sulphide, HgS, is the principal ore
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Niedermayr Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona............................currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...hap­ pens that the village or city is not in the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example...minerals. Chester is also a large city in Delaware County. We have frequently run across minerals from Chester
Catalog/List
ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have...00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals... :,u. VANADINITE_: Weste�n �nion Mine, Mohave County, Arizona: " Awesome! Sheaflike bundles and double
Catalog/List
rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) lxl El lx2 E2 025 ANKERITE-KUTNAHORITE...Pure grey cleavable mass. (Keystone, South Dakota, USA) lxl 70p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f.2.40 2x3 E4.80 019 F~DALUSITE...Hidalgoite rich matrix. (GoldHill Hine,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 f5 029 AZURITE Cu C0/3 ....unusual clay mineral. (CoconinoCounty, Arizona, USA) lxl fl.80 lx2 f4.CO 07G BERYLLO!H'I'E r:c1Be PO/4
Journal (issue)
largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection; self-collected...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...COLLECTION Pyrite on quartz, 11 cm, Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington. Ex Bruce Oreck collection. Joe Budd...natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection. Joe Budd
Journal (issue)
in New Hampshire. "What Early Illustration of Cinnabar Crystals ................ 74 and soon forgotten...collection of the late G.W. Lawrence of Hot Springs, Arkansas. There were also exchanges with muse­ ums. The...1 8 9 1 ). "A New Meteoric Iron from G a rrell County. Maryland,"' ibid. 4 3, 64 ( 1 892). "'Preliminary...e rals of Frank­ lin and SIerling Hill. Sussex County, N e w Jersey," U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1 80...natural elixir of immortality-cinnabar. s While the most evolved cinnabar was unattainable to morals, naturally
 
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