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Bismuth (commodity) from
NBMG Sample Site 3947, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Commodity:Bismuth (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Bismuth (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view NBMG Sample Site 3947, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1465321
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1465321:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Bismuth (commodity)
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3944, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3934, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3945, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3943, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3951, LaPlata mine (Michigan prospect), Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 3949, Jolly Rodger Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘBerg Claims (NBMG Sample Site 3800; West Side Mines In Part; NBMG Sample Site 3873.), Chalk Mountain Mining District, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
93.9km (58.3 miles) ⓘReward prospects, Ravenswood Mining District (Shoshone Mining District), Lander County, Nevada, USA
95.4km (59.3 miles) ⓘStar Tungsten Mine, Juniper Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
95.7km (59.5 miles) ⓘStar mine, Juniper Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
 
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