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Diopside from
Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196339:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘValley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘStar Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine), Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘSpruce Standard mine (Standard mine), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘKillie Mine (Latham Mine; Kille Mine; Nevada Lead Mine), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) ⓘBanner Hill group, Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘHumbug mine (Parker mine; Humbug group; Humbug-Parker), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘStorm King claim, Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘDelmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘGrey Eagle Mine (Lee Mine; Helen M. claims; Lucky May Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘVictoria Mine, Dolly Varden Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-338 chapter 11
LaPointe, Daphne D., Tingley, Joseph V., Jones, Richard B. (199) Mineral resources of Elko County, Nevada. Bulletin 106. Nevada Bureau of Mines
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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