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Molybdenite from
Fault Zone Deposit, Sawtooth Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fault Zone Deposit, Sawtooth Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:446978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:446978:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
5.3km (3.3 miles) Lucky group prospect, Rock Creek area, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Crooked Tree group prospect, Crooked Tree group (Lucky 25 group), Rock Creek area, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Upper Billy Creek Mineral occurrences, Atlanta Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Alphabet Group Prospect, Sawtooth Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Hidden Lake prospect (Southern Altered Zone No. 2), Stanley area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Sawtooth occurrence, Stanley Basin Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) Hell Roaring Creek Occurrence, Unorganized District, Hell Roaring Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) Redfish Lake Creek Occurrence, Redfish Lake Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) Johnson Creek prospect No. 2, Johnson Creek prospects, Black Warrior Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Roaring River Occurrence, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
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