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Naumannite from
Sleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Naumannite
Formula:Ag2Se
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Naumannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:288132
Long-form Identifier:1:3:288132:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Naumannite
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘJumbo mine (Austin mine), Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘBell vein, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘBuckskin National mine, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘBirthday vein, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
68.6km (42.6 miles) ⓘNational Mine (National vein), National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
74.1km (46.1 miles) ⓘHycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
77.1km (47.9 miles) ⓘRosebud Mine (Hecla Rosebud Mine), Rosebud Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
81.8km (50.9 miles) ⓘLantern Project, Lamberson Mine, Kennedy Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Saunders, James A. (1994) Silica and gold textures in bonanza ores of the Sleeper Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada; evidence for colloids and implications for epithermal ore-forming processes. Economic Geology, 89 (3) 628-638 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.628
Castor, Stephen B.; Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 512pp.
 
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