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The San Emidio Mining District is in the [[San Emidio Desert]].<ref name="Tingley1998">Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdfh Mining Districts of Nevada]," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition.  See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref>
The San Emidio Mining District is in the [[San Emidio Desert]].<ref name="Tingley1998">Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdfh Mining Districts of Nevada]," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition.  See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref>
Cinnabar was found on native sulfur in 1909.  The area is "almost certainly" an extinct hot springs and is similar to deposits at [[Sulphur]] and Clear Lake, California. <ref>H. F. Bonham, "[ftp://nas.library.unr.edu/keck/mining/SCANS/0160/01600001.pdf A New Cinnabar Locality in Washoe County, Nevada]," UNR, > 1955.</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
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* "[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~215434~5505341:Nevada-And-The-Southeastern-Of-Cali Nevada And The Southeastern Portion Of California]," Third Edition, The Clason Map Company, Denver, Colorado, 1907. Map showing "Sulphur Mine" at the south east edge of the district.
* CE Mackelprang, JN Moore, HP Ross, "[http://ngds.egi.utah.edu/files/GL02081/GL02081.pdf Summary of the geology and geophysics of the San Emidio KGRA, Washoe County, Nevada]," Geothermal Resources Council, Transactions, Vol. 4, 1980.
== See Also ==
* [[Lithium]]
* [[San Emidio Geothermal Plant]]
* [[Wind Mountain Mine]]


[[Category:San Emidio Desert]]
[[Category:Mining districts]]
[[Category:Mining districts]]

Latest revision as of 17:07, 5 June 2016

The San Emidio Mining District is in the San Emidio Desert.[1]

Cinnabar was found on native sulfur in 1909. The area is "almost certainly" an extinct hot springs and is similar to deposits at Sulphur and Clear Lake, California. [2]

References

  1. Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. See map for details.
  2. H. F. Bonham, "A New Cinnabar Locality in Washoe County, Nevada," UNR, > 1955.

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