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Molybdenite from
Excelsior Mine (Excelsior group; Wotall; Lake/Blue Fox/C.B.C./Mammoth; Great Western Extension/California; Green Emigrant/Indian Boy/Pacific; New Hope/North Mammoth/Dam End; Great Eastern/Great Western; Confidence/Golden Eagle; Union No. 1 & 2 claims; Of What No. 1 & 2 claims), Summit City, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Excelsior Mine (Excelsior group; Wotall; Lake/Blue Fox/C.B.C./Mammoth; Great Western Extension/California; Green Emigrant/Indian Boy/Pacific; New Hope/North Mammoth/Dam End; Great Eastern/Great Western; Confidence/Golden Eagle; Union No. 1 & 2 claims; Of What No. 1 & 2 claims), Summit City, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64655
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64655:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMeadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu-Mo-Ag-Au prospect [1], English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) ⓘRed Mountain group, Signal Peak, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘAllen occurrence (Canadian group), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘSierra Buttes Mine (Sierra City Mine; Bigelow Mine; Buttes Union Mine; Ariel Independence Mine; Ariel vein; Whiskey vein; Smith vein), Sierra City, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
44.8km (27.8 miles) ⓘMayflower Mine (Enterprise Mine; Kellogg; Backman/Greenman/Sandoe; Little Wolf/Red Rose/Enterprise; Alaska/Hickson/Nute/Richards; Wisconsin claims), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘVerdi prospect (Fleish prospect), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘNevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘFern Leaf claim (Cleveland claim), Camptonville, Camptonville Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘNevada City Mine, Indian Flat, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Dana 6:41 & 1096.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 274
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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