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Silver (commodity) from
Cottonwood (Great Eastern; Eckert and Smith Vein), Cottonwood Buttes Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA


Classification
Commodity:Silver (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Silver (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cottonwood (Great Eastern; Eckert and Smith Vein), Cottonwood Buttes Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1140492
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1140492:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Silver (commodity)
21.9km (13.6 miles) Unnamed Silver Location (MRDS - 10169431), Idaho County, Idaho, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) Horseman Prospect, Deer Creek Mining District, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) Deer Creek Mine, Deer Creek Mining District, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) Diamond Drill Mine, Elk City Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) Idaho Consolidated Copper Company Occurrence, Elk City Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) Copper Mountain Group (Eureka), Snake River Mining District, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) Gold Pan Prospect, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) Cottonwood Creek Adit Prospect, Wild Goose Rapids Area, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) Treasure Group, Imnaha, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) Warm Springs Group, Asotin County, Washington, USA
 
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