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'''Terlingua''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ər|ˈ|l|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|w|ə}} {{respell|tər|LING|gwə}}) is a mining district and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in southwestern [[Brewster County, Texas|Brewster County]], [[Texas]], United States. It is located near the [[Rio Grande]] and the villages of [[Lajitas, Texas|Lajitas]] and [[Study Butte, Texas]], as well as the [[Mexico|Mexican]] state of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]. The discovery of [[cinnabar]], from which the [[metal]] [[mercury (element)|mercury]] is extracted, in the mid-1880s brought miners to the area, creating a city of 2,000 people. The only remnants of the [[mining]] days are a [[ghost town]] of the Howard Perry-owned Chisos Mining Company and several nearby capped and abandoned mines: the California Hill, the Rainbow, the 248, and the Study Butte mines{{cn|reason=The history of Terlingua is complex, and dates and details vary from source to source; as such it would be useful to cite from one or more definitive accounts.}}. The mineral [[terlinguaite]] was first found in the vicinity of California Hill.