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Arsenopyrite from
Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:149281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:149281:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘGray Eagle prospect (Gray Eagle Discovery prospect; Gray Eagle claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘContact Mine (Contact group), Twin Lakes, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘVentu Park Road, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
References
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
 
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