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Acanthite from
Mule Canyon deposit, Shoshone Mountains, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mule Canyon deposit, Shoshone Mountains, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655950
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655950:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘBattle Mountain mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘBetty O'Neal mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘEagle Monitor mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘFlorence prospect, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘLittle Giant mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘButte Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘGold Butte mine (Butte mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘNorth Butte prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘZenoli mine (Morning Glory group), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘOnondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-338 chapter 22
Part 1, Regional studies and epithermal deposits). Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 98(2):425-463
David A. John, Albert H. Hofstra, Robert J. Fleck, Jon E. Brummer, and Eric C. Saderholm (2003)Geologic setting and genesis of the Mule Canyon low-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver deposit, north-central Nevada (in Gold deposits in northern Nevada
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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