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Schist from
Ione Mine, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Schist
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ione Mine, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1047815
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1047815:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schist
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘEldorado Claim (MS 16686; Patented Claim: El Dorado), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
13.5km (8.4 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
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘBeartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
18.4km (11.4 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
26.5km (16.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Lead - Zinc - Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10094662), Emerald Lake Area, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘGrizzly King; Bobby; and Lost Claims (Copper Queen and Lucky Claims), Vallecito Creek Area, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
74.7km (46.4 miles) ⓘThorium Prospect (MRDS - 10014427), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
74.8km (46.5 miles) ⓘThorium Prospects (MRDS - 10014575), White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
75.4km (46.9 miles) ⓘThorium Prospect (MRDS - 10014439), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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