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Metasedimentary rock from
Twin Buttes mine, Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Metasedimentary rock
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metasedimentary rock data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Buttes mine, Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1367222
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1367222:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metasedimentary rock
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 2936, Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) ⓘSpringer prospect, Blue Wing Mining District, Blue Wing Mountains, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain Lode Prospect (NBMG Sample Site 2854), Blue Wing Mining District, Blue Wing Mountains, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘSugar Loaf-Holliday group, Seven Troughs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘSnowstorm Claim, Seven Troughs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘVernon Mine, Sugar Loaf-Holliday group, Seven Troughs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 2823, Vernon Mine, Sugar Loaf-Holliday group, Seven Troughs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 2815, Farrell Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘArcturus Mine (Arcturus; NBMG Sample Site 2926), Trego Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
36.0km (22.3 miles) ⓘBlack Boy Mine (NBMG Sample Site 3283), Trinity Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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