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Magnetite from
Roscoe Placer, Lower Clear Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roscoe Placer, Lower Clear Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372802:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘBeaver Brook pegmatite (Brandt pegmatite), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘRoscoe Beryl Mine (Roscoe pegmatite), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘStanley Mine (Gehrmann; Cooper; York; Whale; Golden Link), Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘF.M.D. Mine, Evergreen Mining District (Malachite Mining District), Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘMena Mine (Hoffmeister Homestead Prospect; Black Judge Shaft), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘEvergreen Mine (Gold Standard; Nancy Lee), Apex Mining District (Kingston Mining District; Pine Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘJefferson County Iron Mines, Morrison Area, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘIowa Gulch Occurrence (Iowa Gulch Pegmatite), Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘCaribou Hill deposits, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain kimberlite, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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