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Porphyry from
Velvet 1-3 Claims, Beaver Lake Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Type:Porphyry
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Porphyry data
Locality Data:Click here to view Velvet 1-3 Claims, Beaver Lake Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1066765
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1066765:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Porphyry
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘUte Mine, Beaver Lake Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) ⓘKing; Queen; Silvernite Groups, Newton Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
44.8km (27.8 miles) ⓘUnknown Prospect (MRDS - 10094327), Sulphurdale Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘSunday Mine (Pluto; West Slope; Neptune Claims), Newton Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘLittle Sisters Prospect (Mystery Sniffer), Newton Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘMonarch Staats Fluorspar Claims (Skougard Mine; Roberts and Skougard Mine; Roberts and Staats Mine; Monarch Mine), Blawn Mountain Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘStag Nos. 1; 2 and 5 Occurrence, Gold Mountain Mining District (Kimberly Mining District), Deer Creek, Piute County, Utah, USA
77.2km (48.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-W placer mines, Notch Peak Mining District, Millard County, Utah, USA
78.1km (48.6 miles) ⓘUnknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011316), Washington Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘCalumet (Carol Groups; Hist Mine), Washington Mining District, Needle Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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