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Rhyolite from
Wild Horse Mine, Wild Horse Mining District, Churchill 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 Wild Horse Mine, Wild Horse Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1272889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1272889:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘRed Bird Mine, Shoshone Creek Canyon, Wild Horse Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
20.5km (12.8 miles) ⓘRed Butte Prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘHoyt Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘDacie Creek, Lander County, Nevada, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘDixie Comstock Mine, Dixie Valley Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘWarm springs mine (Lime Cap mine; Mercury mine), Warm Springs Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
51.3km (31.9 miles) ⓘNeedle Peak Mine, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) ⓘMount Tobin mine (Miner's Dream mine), Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘToiyabe shaft, Lander Hill, Reese River Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘHenrietta mine, Kennedy Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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