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Stibnite from
St. Lawrence Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stibnite
Formula:Sb2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Native Gold
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St. Lawrence Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:331209
Long-form Identifier:1:3:331209:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stibnite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘOphir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘJohnson Mine, Cherry Creek Acres, Nevada County, California, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘFunny Bug Mine (Pendelco Mine), Gold Hill, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘCanada Hill Mine, Alpine Quartz Mine (Alpine Qtz.; Independence/St. Louis; Alpine and Little Done Mine; North Grant Cons.; North Grant Consolidated Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘCosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) ⓘRed Ledge Mine, Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
57.7km (35.8 miles) ⓘCosumnes Mine (Cosumnes Melton; Melton; Middle End), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘIone Mine (Irish Hill Mine), Irish Hill, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
59.8km (37.1 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Moores Flat, Moores Flat Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Waring, Clarence A. (1917), Placer County: Report 15 of the State Mineralogist, California State Mining Bureau: 350
Logan, Clarence August (1936), Gold mines of Placer County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 32): 32(1): 35-37
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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