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Apatite from
Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:652248
Long-form Identifier:1:3:652248:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Hollister deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Izzenhood Ranch, Izenhood Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
45.7km (28.4 miles) Barth Mine (West mine), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
57.2km (35.6 miles) Enfield Mine (Jerritt Canyon gold mine; Bell mine; Marlboro Canyon; Allchem; Generator Hill pits), Independence Mountains Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) Modarelli mine, Modarelli-Frenchie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) Buckingham mine (Hardy mine; Bentley mine; O'Leary mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
72.5km (45.1 miles) North Peak Antimony Occurrence, Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
72.8km (45.2 miles) Marigold mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
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