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Molybdenite from
Big Tujunga Canyon deposit, Tujunga Canyon, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Described as coarse flakes in quartz and feldspar.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Tujunga Canyon deposit, Tujunga Canyon, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649366
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649366:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
9.3km (5.8 miles) Grassy Canyon, Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) Monte Cristo Mine (West Vein lease), Monte Cristo Canyon, Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) Winter Creek Mine (Winter group; Winter Creek Mine group; Winter Creek prospect), Santa Anita Creek, Santa Anita Canyon, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Coldwater Canyon Chiastolite locality, End of La Altura Road roadcut, Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Cogswell deposit, Cogswell Reservoir, Los Angeles County, California, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) Cole deposit (Neal), Mount Baldy, Mount Baldy District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
71.9km (44.6 miles) McDonald group, Alamo Mountain (McDonald Peak), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA
73.1km (45.4 miles) Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
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