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Baryte from
Synthetic Iron Color Company Mine, Canyondam, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Synthetic Iron Color Company Mine, Canyondam, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:288848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:288848:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSavercool Mine (Savercool deposit; Kansas Extension Mine), Canyondam, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘCameron Mine, Canyondam, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLake Almanor Barite Mine, Canyondam, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘOhio claim, Almanor, Almanor Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘDiadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘIndian Valley Silver, Rattlesnake Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
57.7km (35.9 miles) ⓘBig Bend Mine (Evening Star Mine; Evening Star claim; Pinkston Mine), Big Bend Mountain, Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘF. W. Bradley's Barite property, Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘNorth Bloomfield Gravel Mine (Malakoff Mine; Malakoff diggings; North Bloomfield; Crystal Hill Mine), North Bloomfield (Humbug City), North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Averill, C.V., et al (1951), Counties of California, mineral production and significant mining activities of 1949: CA Jour. Mines & Geol.: 47(2): 338, 350
Brobst, D. A. (1958) Barite resources of the United States. Bulletin 1072b. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1072b p.108 - Table 10
 
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