| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Cinnabar |
| Formula: | HgS |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 18 |
| Native Mercury | 17 |
| Pyrite | 8 |
| Metacinnabar | 8 |
| Siderite | 2 |
| Calcite | 2 |
| Sphalerite | 1 |
| Dolomite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cinnabar data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (32 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 429782 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:429782:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘAlmadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘPozo de San Teodoro, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘGuadalperal prospect, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘEl Aguila prospect, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘNueva Concepción Mine, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘEl Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 45.6km (28.4 miles) | ⓘMinas del Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 56.1km (34.8 miles) | ⓘEl General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| 88.5km (55.0 miles) | ⓘSan Nicolás Mine, Valle de la Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain |
| References |
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Higueras, P., Oyarzun, R., Lunar, R., Sierra, J., Parras, J. (1999) The Las Cuevas deposit, Almaden district (Spain): An unusual case of deep-seated advanced argillic alteration related to mercury mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (2) 211-214 doi:10.1007/s001260050197 |
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Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain