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Slate from
NBMG Sample Site 3951, LaPlata mine (Michigan prospect), Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Type:Slate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Slate data
Locality Data:Click here to view NBMG Sample Site 3951, LaPlata mine (Michigan prospect), Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1465387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1465387:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Slate
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Prospects [10043750], Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
25.7km (15.9 miles) ⓘMottini Mine, I.X.L. Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘGold Bar group, I.X.L. Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘFondaway Canyon Mine (Paperweight-Half Moon; Hamburger Hill), Shady Run Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘLofthouse Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘAntimony King Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘGreen prospect, Lake Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
59.3km (36.9 miles) ⓘBernice Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘGreen Gold Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
78.6km (48.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed silver prospect (4), Gold Butte Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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