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Goethite from
Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568499:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘMajuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Locality, Farrell Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘBottomley mine, Arabia Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘFlorida Canyon mine, Imlay Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘWillard Mine, Willard Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
77.1km (47.9 miles) ⓘWind Mountain Mine, San Emidio Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘBonanza King Mine (Lady Mary Mine; Eagle Mine), Spring Valley Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
78.5km (48.8 miles) ⓘCoeur Rochester Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
78.6km (48.9 miles) ⓘRochester mines, Nenzel Hill, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
79.2km (49.2 miles) ⓘNenzel Hill, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Ebert, Shane W., Rye, Robert O. (1997) Secondary precious metal enrichment by steam-heated fluids in the Crofoot-Lewis hot spring gold-silver deposit and relation to paleoclimate. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 578-600 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.578
 
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