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Stilbite Subgroup from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


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Stilbite Subgroup

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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Stilbite Subgroup

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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Stilbite Subgroup

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Stilbite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Comments:Occurs in cavities of basic rock.
Colour:White, brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chabazite
Natrolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stilbite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135664:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stilbite Subgroup
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSuperior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘGenesee Valley, Plumas County, California, USA
References
Knopf, Adolf & Charles A. Anderson (1930), The Engels copper deposits, California: Economic Geology: 25: 30
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 352
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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