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Hornblende Root Name Group from
Lucky Strike Mine (Modoc; MS 17455; Horse Shoe; MS 17122; Belle Valaisane; MS 13897; Only Chance; MS 17455; Mammoth; MS 13897; Patented Claims: Lucky Strike; MS 9125), Green Mountain Mining District (Gold Basin Mining District; Iris Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Hornblende Root Name Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hornblende Root Name Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lucky Strike Mine (Modoc; MS 17455; Horse Shoe; MS 17122; Belle Valaisane; MS 13897; Only Chance; MS 17455; Mammoth; MS 13897; Patented Claims: Lucky Strike; MS 9125), Green Mountain Mining District (Gold Basin Mining District; Iris Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:493173
Long-form Identifier:1:3:493173:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hornblende Root Name Group
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite occurrence [1], Wolf Creek Area, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘWildcat Gulch, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘMount Aetna Molybdenum prospect (Monarch Molybdenum property; D & G Mining property), Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘStumpy Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘItalian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘSedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘGypse Queen Mine, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘStockton Mine (Gertrude Vein), Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
83.3km (51.7 miles) ⓘOuray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘWanakah Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
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