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Shale from
McElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area), McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Area
Classification
Type:Shale
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view McElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area), McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1046852
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1046852:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Shale
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘUte Creek Dike Prospects, McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘKentucky Mine (Jack Pot Mine; Jack Pot; MS 16665; Old Kentucky Mine), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
58.5km (36.4 miles) ⓘFlorence W. Mine (Patented Claims: Gold Dollar; MS 19232; Last Dollar; MS; Last Chance; MS 193232; Silver Mug; MS 19232), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
62.0km (38.6 miles) ⓘBrown Bear Mine, Bear Creek Mining District, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
62.2km (38.7 miles) ⓘDixie Queen Deposit, Bear Creek Mining District, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
62.2km (38.7 miles) ⓘMissouri Girl Deposit (Green Frog), Bear Creek Mining District, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
62.7km (39.0 miles) ⓘLady Eleanora Mine (Butterfly), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘSouthern Boy Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘBoren Gulch Group, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘEuclid Mine (Eureka-Bulldozer; Unpatented Claims: Euclid Nos. 1-9; Euclid Group), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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