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Acanthite from
I X L Mine (I.X.L. Mine; I.X.L. deposit; Ophir lode), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view I X L Mine (I.X.L. Mine; I.X.L. deposit; Ophir lode), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323088:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘExchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘAdvance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘLoope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘMorning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘVeta Grande Mine, Gardnerville Mining District, Pine Nut Mountains, Douglas County, Nevada, USA
49.2km (30.5 miles) ⓘSilverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Mine (Livingston Mine), Monte Cristo, Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘAnn-Mason deposit (Ludwig; Douglas Hill; Cast; Blue Hills; McConnell; Minnesota; Shamrock), Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘWheeler mine, Pine Grove Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
59.6km (37.1 miles) ⓘRockland mine, Pine Grove Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
References
48 pp.: 28-29
Clark, William B. (1977) Mines and Mineral Resources of Alpine County, California. County Report 8. California Division of Mines and Geology
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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