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Chlorargyrite from
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chlorargyrite
Formula:AgCl
Comments:associated with most other minerals
Habit:distorted octrahedrons
Colour:gray-green, brownish
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Turquoise9
Ferribushmakinite4
Mimetite3
Rosasite3
Fluorite3
Quartz2
Variscite2
Duftite2
Wavellite2
Jarosite2
Carminite1
Perhamite1
Segnitite1
Pyromorphite1
Morinite1
Fornacite1
Malachite1
Chrysocolla1
Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (38 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37275
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37275:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Chlorargyrite in this Region
Arsenate Drift, Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Phosphate Stope, Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorargyrite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Silver Coin Mine (Silver Coin group; Kramer property; Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology sample site 2307), Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Kramer-Silver King mine, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
38.2km (23.8 miles) Land Rover prospect, Iron Hat Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Butte Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Gold Butte mine (Butte mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
46.4km (28.8 miles) Snowstorm mine (Mountain View mine), North Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Wilson-Independence mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) Link Mine (Missing Link Mine; Big Chief group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) Elko Prince Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) Betty O'Neal mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
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