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Petzite from
Collier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Petzite
Formula:Ag3AuTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Hessite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Petzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Collier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655790
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655790:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Petzite
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘSugarman claim mine, Browns Flat, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘBald Mountain, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘCarson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘFrench and Wood Mine (French & Wood Mine; Frenchwood Mine), Altaville, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘMelones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘNorwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Little Bonanza Mine; Fairview Mine), Gold Hill, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘMorgan-Melones Mine (Morgan Mine), Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
21.2km (13.1 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
[… Geological Society of America Proceedings, 1933: 312-313, 1934]: 51
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp.: 39
Clark, William B., Lydon, Philip A. (1963) Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. County Report 2. California Division of Mines and Geology
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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