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Thorium (commodity) from
Valley View Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Commodity:Thorium (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Thorium (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valley View Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1124307
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1124307:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Thorium (commodity)
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘHidden Valley Claims, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘTwenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘLittle Maud Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘAtomic Mountain Claim (Atomic Mountain; Starbuck; General Ike; Thorium Mountain Claims; Nightengale; Mystery; Lucky Find), McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLucky Find Claim (Lucky Strike), McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘBlue Bird Claim (Greenwood Property), Custer County, Colorado, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘCora B Claim (Greenwood Property), Custer County, Colorado, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘPine Tree Mine (Pine Tree claim), Custer County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.1 miles) ⓘLee Jones Ranch Occurrence (Jones Ranch), Custer County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘThorite Mother Lode Occurrence, McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
 
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