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Psilomelane from
Diadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Psilomelane' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Manganite
Rhodonite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Psilomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Diadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668586
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668586:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Psilomelane
2.4km (1.5 miles) Penrose lode, Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) Lost Soldier deposit (Lost Soldier Mine), Mount Hough, Plumas County, California, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) Crystal Lake Mine (Mount Hough Mine; Myton Mine; Kloppenberg Mine), Mount Hough, Plumas County, California, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) Collins Pine Manganese deposit, Grizzly Peak, Plumas County, California, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Crescent Mills, Plumas County, California, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) Shamberger prospect, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) Binet prospect, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) Paine Brothers Mine (Paine Bros; Paine Brs.; Paine), Lake City, North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
75.9km (47.1 miles) Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
83.0km (51.6 miles) Ryan prospect (Ryan Bartholf & Veach; You Bet; Midway claim; Negro Heaven claim; Bluebird claim), You Bet (Chalk Bluffs), You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
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