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Kaolinite from
Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:380430
Long-form Identifier:1:3:380430:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Kaolinite in this Region
Gold Bug Mine (Patented Claims: Gold Bug; MS 11619a; Gold Bug Mill Site; MS 11691b; Repeal; MS 11691a; Gold Nugget; MS 11691a), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGold Bug Mine (Patented Claims: Gold Bug; MS 11619a; Gold Bug Mill Site; MS 11691b; Repeal; MS 11691a; Gold Nugget; MS 11691a), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘChicago Basin Disseminated Molybdenum Deposit, Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘChicago Basin, Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘTom Moore Lode, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘZuni Mine, Anvil Mountain, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘSunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘBrooklyn Mine, Brown's Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘVermillion, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘAlaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘLongfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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