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Mimetite from
Defense Mine, Lookout City, Lookout Mining District (Modoc Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Defense Mine, Lookout City, Lookout Mining District (Modoc Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668349
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668349:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘMinnietta Mine (Minnietta Mines; Minietta Mine; Minneatta; St. John), Lookout City, Lookout Mining District (Modoc Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘZinc Hill Mine (Utacaia group; Colorado group; Darwin Zinc prospect), Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Panamint Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘDarwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘBig Four Mine (War Eagle; Perry Lead Mine), Panamint Butte, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘPanamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘAnaconda Mine, Panamint (old Panamint), Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘShirley Ann group, Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘElla Mine (Ella group), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Hall, Wayne Everett & Hal G. Stephens (1963), Economic geology of the Panamint Butte quadrangle and Modoc district, Inyo County, California: California Division of Mines & Geology Special Report 73: 24-26
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 173, 266.
 
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