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Stibnite from
Jeannette-Grant Mine (Jeanette Grant Mine; Jenette-Grant Mines), Inspiration Point, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stibnite
Formula:Sb2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jeannette-Grant Mine (Jeanette Grant Mine; Jenette-Grant Mines), Inspiration Point, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327646:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stibnite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘTom Moore Mine, Erskine Creek deposits, Lake Isabella, Erskine Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘAlice Mine, Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘRayo Mine, South Lake, Erskine Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘSt. John Mine, Sorrell Peak, Piute Mountain District (Mount Sinai District), Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘBig Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘMammoth Eureka Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘBlack Sambo Mine (Susie Q prospect; Susie Q Mine), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) ⓘBig Oscar Antimony deposit (Big Oscar Mine; The Abaca Mining Company), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
30.0km (18.7 miles) ⓘStudhorse Canyon Mine (Studhorse Canyon property), Loraine, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Sb occurrence [1], Millersville, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
References
Troxel, Bennie W., Morton, Paul K. (1962) Mines and Mineral Resources of Kern County California. County Report 1. California Division of Mines and Geologypages 57, 58
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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