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Schist from
Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Type:Schist
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1047776
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1047776:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Schist in this Region
Eldorado Claim (MS 16686; Patented Claim: El Dorado), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Good Hope Mine (Patented Claims: Good Hope; MS 7764; Wonder; MS 7764), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Schist
2.4km (1.5 miles) Good Hope Mine (Patented Claims: Good Hope; MS 7764; Wonder; MS 7764), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Eldorado Claim (MS 16686; Patented Claim: El Dorado), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Green Mountain Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Unnamed Lead - Zinc - Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10094662), Emerald Lake Area, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
15.7km (9.7 miles) Ione Mine, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
20.5km (12.8 miles) Emerald Lake Mine (Emerald Lake Mill Site; MS 14476b; Patented Claims: Emerald Lake Nos. 1-5; MS 14476a), Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Grizzly King; Bobby; and Lost Claims (Copper Queen and Lucky Claims), Vallecito Creek Area, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) Thorium Prospects (MRDS - 10014575), White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
71.4km (44.4 miles) Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10014427), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10014439), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
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