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Baryte from
Spanish Mine (Spanish Barite deposit), Spanish Quartz Mine (Spanish Qtz.; Spanish Mine; Spanish Mng. & S F Com. Co.; Spanish Mng. & S F Commercial Co.; American claim; Spanish claim; Santa Anita claim; Santa Anita Extension claim; Pine Tree claim; Singleton claim; Grizzly claim; Savage claim; Mexican Cons./Santa Anita), Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Bedded deposit.
Colour:White to creamy
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spanish Mine (Spanish Barite deposit), Spanish Quartz Mine (Spanish Qtz.; Spanish Mine; Spanish Mng. & S F Com. Co.; Spanish Mng. & S F Commercial Co.; American claim; Spanish claim; Santa Anita claim; Santa Anita Extension claim; Pine Tree claim; Singleton claim; Grizzly claim; Savage claim; Mexican Cons./Santa Anita), Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130559:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
0.1km (0.1 miles) Spanish Quartz Mine (Spanish Qtz.; Spanish Mine; Spanish Mng. & S F Com. Co.; Spanish Mng. & S F Commercial Co.; American claim; Spanish claim; Santa Anita claim; Santa Anita Extension claim; Pine Tree claim; Singleton claim; Grizzly claim; Savage claim; Mexican Cons./Santa Anita), Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) F. W. Bradley's Barite property, Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) Washington Chief Consolidated Mine (Washington Chief Con.; Washington Chief Ledge; Jefferson Mine), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) North Bloomfield Gravel Mine (Malakoff Mine; Malakoff diggings; North Bloomfield; Crystal Hill Mine), North Bloomfield (Humbug City), North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Democrat Mine (Democrat Barytes Mine; Democrat Barite; Democrat deposit), McGuire Mountain, You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) Chemical and Pigments Company Inc. Mine, McGuire Mountain, You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) Manga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams and Owens [?]), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) Pine Hill Mine (Pine Hill Mining Co.; Golden Gate claim; Golden Gate Extension claim; Golden Gate Ext; Thrasher claim), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) Smith prospect, Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) Antelope Neck Mine (Antelope Mine), Loyalton, Sierra County, California, USA
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