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Clinoptilolite Subgroup from
Red Bird Mine, Shoshone Creek Canyon, Wild Horse Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Clinoptilolite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinoptilolite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Bird Mine, Shoshone Creek Canyon, Wild Horse Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:283198
Long-form Identifier:1:3:283198:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Clinoptilolite Subgroup
45.0km (28.0 miles) Jersey Valley deposit, Jersey Mining District (Jersey Valley Mining District), Pershing County, Nevada, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) Southern Zeolite deposit, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) Reese River zeolite deposit, Steiner Canyon Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) Fish Creek Mountains, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) Northern zeolite deposit, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) Gamma Group Nos. 1&2 (Gamma Lignite Prospect), Eastgate Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
67.0km (41.6 miles) Eastgate deposit, Eastgate Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
70.8km (44.0 miles) Redrock Canyon deposit, Lander County, Nevada, USA
73.3km (45.5 miles) Shoshone, Lander County, Nevada, USA
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