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Tourmaline from
North Star Mine, Star and North Star Mining Districts, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view North Star Mine, Star and North Star Mining Districts, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:517308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:517308:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘOld Hickory Mine, Rocky Mining District, Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fluorspar occurrence [1], Long Lick Mountain, Beaver County, Utah, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘOK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘPreuss-Cactus Mine, San Francisco Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘCactus Mine, Preuss Mining District (Newhouse Mining District), San Francisco Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘCopper Gulch, Preuss Mining District (Newhouse Mining District), San Francisco Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘSkyline Mine, Bradshaw Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘCreole Mine, Lincoln Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
91.7km (57.0 miles) ⓘAmasa Valley, House Range, Millard County, Utah, USA
97.4km (60.5 miles) ⓘHorseshoe mine, Eagle Valley Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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