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Molybdenite from
Portland Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portland Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:227881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:227881:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘU. V. Industries Continental Pit, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘContinental Surface, Continental Mine, Hanover Mountain, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘHanover Mountain, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘJim Fair Mine (includes Nonpareil Mine), Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘHoney Comb Mine, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘChino Mine (Santa Rita pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
26.5km (16.4 miles) ⓘTyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘPacemaker Mine, Bullard Peak, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘNational Copper Mine, Deadman Canyon-California Gulch-Whitewater Canyon Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘBeaumont Shaft, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
U.S. Geological Survey staff (1965) Mineral and water resources of New Mexico. Bulletin 87. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources 444pp. doi:10.58799/b-87
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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