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Hessite from
Norwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hessite
Formula:Ag2Te
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Coloradoite
Petzite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hessite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Norwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:642842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:642842:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hessite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMelones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘCarson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Little Bonanza Mine; Fairview Mine), Gold Hill, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘGolden Rule Mine, Jumper & Golden Rule group (Jumper Mine; Jumper claim; Jumper deposit; New Era claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘCollier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘFord Mine (Apex Mine), San Andreas, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘOro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Hillebrand, William Francis (1900), Mineralogical notes: SS Bulletin 167: 62
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 219
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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