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Phyllite from
Scheebar Mine (North Star Mine; Paradise Mine?), Fairplay Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Phyllite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scheebar Mine (North Star Mine; Paradise Mine?), Fairplay Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1589953
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1589953:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phyllite
51.1km (31.8 miles) ⓘTom Cat prospect, Twin River Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘRed Hill mine (Redlich mine), Rock Hill Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘManhattan Gold Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘBlue Daisy Claim, Rock Hill Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘPerkins prospects (old Washington Mine?), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘKerr-Magee Iron Prospect, Nye County, Nevada, USA
79.3km (49.2 miles) ⓘLaPlata mine (Michigan prospect), Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
79.6km (49.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fluorite Prospect, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) ⓘFlower Antimony Mine (Rye claim group; Fiorite; Logan; Bar; Duane group; Kernick Divide Mining Co.; Kernick Duane; NBMG sample site #2035; Flower Mine), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘFlower Mercury Mine (Duane group; Kernick Divide Mining Co; Kernick - Duane; Flower - Kernick; Fiorite group; Logan Bar; William Duane Mine; Bar group; Spanish Belt Group; NBMG sample site No. 2034; Flower Mine; Wm. Duane Mine; Kernick Mining Co.), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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