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Molybdenite from
September claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view September claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329653
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329653:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mo occurrence [1], Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘBuckskin Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘLaurel Creek occurrence (Surprise and Old Timer groups), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) ⓘHard Point Mine (Lloyd; Sibyl; Red Bluff; Bloody Mountain Tungsten group: Free Gold; Joe claims; Laurel Creek prospect), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘSilverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘBlue Speck Mine (Blue Metal Mine; Lowman Molybdenum Mine; Lowman Molybdenum Blue Speck), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘHard Point prospect, Lee Lake, Fresno County, California, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘSilverado Canyon, South Sister, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
61.5km (38.2 miles) ⓘHilton Creek Mine (Nicoll Hilton Creek Mine; Milton Creek prospect; Filipelli prospect pits; Hilton Creek project; Phelps Hilton Creek Mine), Mount Morgan, Mono County, California, USA
References
USGS Bull 1182E
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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