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Stibnite from
Cosumnes Mine (Cosumnes Melton; Melton; Middle End), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stibnite
Formula:Sb2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cosumnes Mine (Cosumnes Melton; Melton; Middle End), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:666904
Long-form Identifier:1:3:666904:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stibnite
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘCosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘFunny Bug Mine (Pendelco Mine), Gold Hill, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
38.4km (23.8 miles) ⓘIlex Mine (Anglo-Saxon Mine; Tiger Mine), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘMokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
43.9km (27.2 miles) ⓘUnknown Sb location [1], Stockton Hill, Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘIone Mine (Irish Hill Mine), Irish Hill, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘOphir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
57.7km (35.8 miles) ⓘSt. Lawrence Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘOro Y Plata Mine (Oro-Plata Extension Mine; Red Wing Willard Mine; Pay Rock Mine; Silver Star Mine; Blue Wing Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Clark, Wm. B. & D.W. Carlson (1956), Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52(4): 413
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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