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Shale from
School Boy Mine, Toh Chin Lini Mesa, West Carrizo Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Shale
Comments:Late Permian.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view School Boy Mine, Toh Chin Lini Mesa, West Carrizo Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1292213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1292213:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Shale
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘNelson Point mine, Eastside mines, Shiprock District, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘMcElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area), McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘUte Creek Dike Prospects, McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
86.5km (53.8 miles) ⓘClaim 16, Taasahdi Dzil, Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District), Apache County, Arizona, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘM.O. 2 prospect, Taasahdi Dzil, Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District), Apache County, Arizona, USA
92.0km (57.1 miles) ⓘBirthday Shale claim, Cottonwood Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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