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Chlorite Group from
Oro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Chlorite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565405:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorite Group
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘBlack Bart Mine (Cal-Penn Tex group; Cal-Penn Tex claim; Black Bart claim; Worms Turn claim), Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au property [55], Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘNevada Mine, Williams Peak, Hunter Valley Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘHarvard Mine (Harvard Mine group; McCann claim; Mooney claim; Pacific claim; Vulture claim; Trio claim; Sobrante claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘMockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘColorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim), Colorado, Colorado Mining District, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, Calaveras County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘNorwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Weir, R. H., Kerrick, D. M. (1987) Mineralogic, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope studies of several gold mines in the Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, California. Economic Geology, 82 (2) 328-344 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.2.328
 
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