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Acanthite from
Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Native Silver
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650141:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘBodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘAurora Mine Area, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘAurora Mine, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘJuniata vein, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Mine (Livingston Mine), Monte Cristo, Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘWest Willys claim, Washington Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘSilverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
38.1km (23.6 miles) ⓘLemr prospect, Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine West, Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine (Mountain King Mine), Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1886), Sixth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 6 part 1, 145 pp.: 135
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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