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Rhyolite from
Midas Mine (Reco Mine; Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Rhyolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhyolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Midas Mine (Reco Mine; Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1254525
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1254525:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLink Mine (Missing Link Mine; Big Chief group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘBanner Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSaint Paul Mine (Banner-St. Paul Mine; Banner group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRipsaw Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRex Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘColorado Grande Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘGold Circle Mine (Bamberger group; Bonberger mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine (Grizzly Grove Mine; Lucky Boy Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSleeping Beauty Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘLittle Jewel Mine (Water Witch Mine; Gold Circle Company Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Leavitt, E. D., Spell, T. L., Goldstrand, P. M., Arehart, G. B. (2004) Geochronology of the Midas Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Elko County, Nevada. Economic Geology, 99 (8) 1665-1686 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1665
 
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