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Rhodochrosite from
Foster Mountain Mine (Foster Mountain deposit; Memorial; Busch; Independant; Lucky Boy), Hearst, Coastal Range, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foster Mountain Mine (Foster Mountain deposit; Memorial; Busch; Independant; Lucky Boy), Hearst, Coastal Range, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:669844
Long-form Identifier:1:3:669844:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
11.7km (7.3 miles) Mount Sanhedrin deposits (Impassable Rock deposit), Sanhedrin Mountain, Hearst, Coastal Range, California, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Wild Devil Mine (Waldteufel; Waldteufel Mine), Potter Valley area, Coastal Range, California, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) South Thomas Mine, Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, California, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Thomas Mine (Thomas deposit; Thomas Round Mountain; North Thomas Mine; Round Mountain), Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, California, USA
38.7km (24.0 miles) M. G. Morrison prospect (Morrison prospects), McClure Place, Coastal Range, California, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) Long Mine (Earl W. Long prospect; Earl W. Long deposit; Happy Four; Happy Hour; Last Chance), Woodman, Coastal Range, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Brereton deposit, Sherburns, Coastal Range, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Nowlin Mine (Nowlin deposit), Covelo area, Coastal Range, California, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) Bereton Mine (Brereton Mine [?]; Old Country Mine; Michaels Mine; New Year Mine), Sherburns, Coastal Range, California, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) Two Trees prospect (Two Trees deposit), Leech Lake Mountain, Reeves Place, Coastal Range, California, USA
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