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Diopside from
Buffalo Canyon prospect, Berlin, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buffalo Canyon prospect, Berlin, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1491301
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1491301:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Great Basin Mine), Granite camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘNew York Canyon Mine, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘChampion Mine, Champion-Anderson group, Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘNew York Canyon, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘNevada Scheelite mine, Leonard Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
75.2km (46.8 miles) ⓘStardust Claims (North Sand Springs Range; Corona; Garnet; Snowflower Group; Shamrock Claims #2 and #3; NBMG Sample Sites #3856; 3857.), Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
80.4km (49.9 miles) ⓘLinka Mine, Spencer Hot Springs Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
89.5km (55.6 miles) ⓘCrescent Canyon Deposit, Alpine Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
References
Quillen, P. D. (2017). Buffalo Canyon: An Oligocene Greisen-Like Intrusion-Related Gold Deposit in the Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada (Masters thesis, University of Nevada, Reno).
 
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