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Pyromorphite from
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Comments:Occurs as minute crystals lining a cavity.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Wulfenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649803:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘEndowment mine, Silver Star Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘLog Cabin and Sunrise groups (Log Cabin group; Log Cabin Mining Co. property; Sunrise group; Mutual group; Simpson Mine), Lee Vining Peak, Lee Vining, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
90.9km (56.5 miles) ⓘCentenial mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
98.6km (61.3 miles) ⓘGiroux group (Calavada Mine?), Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
Ransome, Alfred Leslie (1940), General geology and ores of the Blind Spring Hill mining district, Mono County, California: California Division Mines Report 36: 172
Bradley, W.W. (1940), Thirty-sixth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 36: 191
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 305, 388.
 
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