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Polybasite from
Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Polybasite
Formula:[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polybasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:386450
Long-form Identifier:1:3:386450:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Polybasite
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘEquity Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘMonte Queen Mine, Lake Fork River, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘGolden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
54.3km (33.8 miles) ⓘBuffalo Boy Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘAnimas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘPortland Mine, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘZanett Tunnel, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles) ⓘMerrimac Mine, Platoro Mining District (Ute Mining District), Conejos County, Colorado, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘMineral Farm Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘForest King Mine (Forest King Group; Ophir; MS 6342; Bonanza King; MS 6342), Platoro Mining District (Ute Mining District), Conejos County, Colorado, USA
References
December 1994
v. 89
Plumlee, Geoffrey S., Whitehouse-Veaux, Pamela Heald (1994) Mineralogy, paragenesis, and mineral zoning of the Bulldog Mountain vein system, Creede District, Colorado. Economic Geology, 89 (8) 1883-1905 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.8.1883
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Rosemeyer, Tom (2010) Creede: The Last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado. Rocks & Minerals, 85 (5) 396-413 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.494150
 
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