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Native Silver from
Ruby Chief Occurrence (Bird; Little Bonnie; Perhaps; Staten Island; Monte Cristo; No. 7; Bullion King; Crystal; Hopewell; Alfreda), Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Chief Occurrence (Bird; Little Bonnie; Perhaps; Staten Island; Monte Cristo; No. 7; Bullion King; Crystal; Hopewell; Alfreda), Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:375787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:375787:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘForest Queen Mine, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘEureka; Fairview; Yellow Jacket; General Moltke Occurrence, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBelcher Occurrence, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMicawber, Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘPark City Consolidated Mines Company, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘCrested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘPainter Boy, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘBaltimore; Grandview; Mineral King; Virginia; W. Virginia, Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘSpotted Fawn Occurrence (Bonnie Bray; Bonanza; Izetta; Baltimore; Urzilla; James Blain), Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘVirginia; Ophir; Ellas Wood; Virginia Basin; Frank; Mineral King, Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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