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Pitchblende from
AEC Lease Tract Unit C-SM-18 Prospect, Montrose County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view AEC Lease Tract Unit C-SM-18 Prospect, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:667385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:667385:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
4.4km (2.7 miles) Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Yellow Bird Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) Black Hat Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
29.7km (18.5 miles) Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Gray Daun Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) Mi Vida Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) Black King Mine (Black King No. 4; Black King No. 5; Black King No. 5 Claim; Unpatented Claims: Black King No. 1; Evans Claims; Weatherly Claims), Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
75.6km (47.0 miles) White Spar and Black King Occurrence, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
82.4km (51.2 miles) Shinarump Nos. 1 - 3 Mines, Seven Mile Canyon Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
99.4km (61.8 miles) Monte group, Elk Ridge Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
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