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Baryte from
Spar Canyon, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA


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Baryte

Spar Canyon, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
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Baryte

Spar Canyon, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
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Baryte

Spar Canyon, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spar Canyon, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216019
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216019:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Greyhound), Keystone Mountain, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
35.0km (21.7 miles) ⓘWillow Creek, Freighter Spring, Custer County, Idaho, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘLong View Mine (Longview; Casey), Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘPurple Spar claims, Little Fall Creek, Alta Mining District (Alto Mining District; Wildhorse Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) ⓘLost Packer Mine, Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness, Custer County, Idaho, USA
70.0km (43.5 miles) ⓘAntimony Lode Occurrence, Gravel Range Mining District (Singheiser Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
70.2km (43.6 miles) ⓘMeyers Cove Antimony Occurrence, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘAnderson Lode Mine, Gravel Range Mining District (Singheiser Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘPowderhouse Lead Lode Occurrence (Lode No. 8), Meyers Cove Fluorspar Deposits, Gravel Range Mining District (Singheiser Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
References
Ream, Lanny R. (1995) Idaho: Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (4) 242-263 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.9926628
 
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