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Hermes (115.34W 44.90N) was a mercury mine in northern Idaho producing about 35 tons per year. It was a leading mercury producer for the United States in 1943.
The ore mostly takes the form of cinnabar desposited by
hydrothermal activity in a fault zone.
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