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Graphite from
P and L Mine, Buena Vista, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Comments:Occurs on quartzite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Alunogen
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view P and L Mine, Buena Vista, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644932:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘClearinghouse Mine (Golden Rule claim; Golden Rule No. 2 claim; Anderson I claim; North Extension of the Anderson claim; Moonstone claim; Moonstone No. 2 claim; El Portal claim; Ferguson Original claim; Original No. 2 claim; South Original Extension claim), Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘFeliciana Mine, Feliciana Mountain, Jerseydale Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘGold King Mine (Martin - Walling Mine; Sunshine Mine), Texas Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘRobinson & Orr group, Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘSilver Knob occurrence, Silver Knob, Fish Camp, Mariposa County, California, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘOro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
62.2km (38.6 miles) ⓘEureka Plumbago Mine (Eureka Plumbago prospect), Sawmill Flat, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘMorgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Bradley, W.W. (1939), Thirty-fifth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 35: 343
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 62.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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