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Magnetite from
Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:557008
Long-form Identifier:1:3:557008:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘApex prospect, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘIron King Claim (Lepp; Sunbeam; Jackman-Ogle Prospect), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘMontana No. 1 Mine, Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘSappington deposit, Madison County, Montana, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘPohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) ⓘClancy Mine, Silver Star Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘLimekiln Hill skarn occurrence, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘRothfuss Iron Mine (Johnny Gulch Iron Mine; North Star Group), Radersburg Mining District (Cedar Plains Mining District; Lone Mountain Mining District), Broadwater County, Montana, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘMoffet-Johnston Mine, Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘContinental Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
Spry, P. G., Foster, F., Truckle, J. S., Chadwick, T. H. (1997) The mineralogy of the Golden Sunlight gold-silver telluride deposit, Whitehall, Montana, U.S.A. Mineralogy and Petrology, 59 (3) 143-164 doi:10.1007/bf01161857
 
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