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Polybasite from
Smuggler Mine (I. X. L.; Leadville; Trueworthy; Glendale; Arkansaw; Ground Hog; Accident; Williams Ranch; General Jackson; Claims: Smuggler; Emma; Smuggler - Durant; Silver Brick), Aspen, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Polybasite
Formula:[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polybasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Smuggler Mine (I. X. L.; Leadville; Trueworthy; Glendale; Arkansaw; Ground Hog; Accident; Williams Ranch; General Jackson; Claims: Smuggler; Emma; Smuggler - Durant; Silver Brick), Aspen, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130384:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Polybasite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMollie Gibson Mine, Aspen, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘLittle Annie Mine (Claim: Little Annie), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘHope Mine (Claims: Hope Nos. 1-4; Hope M. S.), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘGrizzly Gulch, Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘBanker Mine, La Plata Mining District (Winfield Mining District), Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘEagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘHock Hocking Mine (Hock Hock), Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
89.4km (55.6 miles) ⓘGlacier Mountain, Montezuma Mining District (Snake River Mining District), Summit County, Colorado, USA
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘSaints John Mine (Florado; Saint John Mine), Montezuma Area, Summit County, Colorado, USA
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘEquity Mine, Montezuma Area, Summit County, Colorado, USA
References
Dana 7:I:352.
Spurr (1898) Geology of the Aspen Mining District, Colorado. USGS Monograph No. 31
 
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