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Molybdenite from
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:In thin quartz-pyrite veins. Minute flakes to large grains ¼ inch diameter.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Pyrite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz6
Pyrite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:206223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:206223:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.4km (0.8 miles) Black Mesa Mine (Black Mesa breccia pipe), Black Mesa, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Mammoth Mine (Hubbard Mine), Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Tungstona Mine (Warrell claims; Comode claims), Boulder Creek, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Black Pearl Mine (Black Pearl group of claims; Camp Wood Tungsten Mine), Loco Gulch (Loco Creek), Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) Wikieup prospect, Devils Wash Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
45.6km (28.3 miles) Deluge Wash Mo occurrence, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
54.8km (34.0 miles) Boston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) Copper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
58.0km (36.1 miles) Loma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
58.3km (36.2 miles) Unnamed polymetallic prospect [1], Millsite area, Diamond Joe Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
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