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Garnet Group from
Unnamed Mo occurrence [1], Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Mo occurrence [1], Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:336050
Long-form Identifier:1:3:336050:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘDorothy Lake Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘCooney Zinc Mine, Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘSeptember claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
51.3km (31.9 miles) ⓘSivori and Lucky Strike group (Hunch Lime Cap; Lucky Strike; Ironking; Mammoth; Little Wonder; Tungstar), Confidence, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
54.5km (33.8 miles) ⓘBlue Dipper group, Buena Vista, Mariposa County, California, USA
54.8km (34.1 miles) ⓘBlue Dipper Mine (Blue Dipper group), Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) ⓘLoope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) ⓘLemont group, June Lake, Mono County, California, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘMoore Creek Mine (Moore Creek deposit; Bay Horse Mine; Whitehorse; White Horse Mine), Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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