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Cinnabar Mine, ID

Detailed Description

Cinnabar mine site in Idaho. The East Fork South Fork Salmon River watershed in central Idaho is at the headwaters of the South Fork Salmon River, a spawning area for Chinook salmon, steel head and bull trout, fish that are listed under the Endangered Species Act.  Cinnabar Creek, a tributary to this stream, flows through the Cinnabar mine site, an inactive mercury mining site.

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Public Domain.

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