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Cerussite from
Unspecified Pb occurrence (1), Shadow Lake, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cerussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unspecified Pb occurrence (1), Shadow Lake, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:675231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:675231:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite
7.4km (4.6 miles) Iron Mountain group (Minarets Iron deposit; Woods Iron Mine claims; Minarets Magnetite prospect; Iron Mountain Magnetite deposit; Iron Mountain prospects; Magnetic Iron Mine claim), Iron Mountain (3), Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
46.6km (29.0 miles) Silver Reef Mine (1), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) Union Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
59.4km (36.9 miles) Cornucopia Mine, Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) Lyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
75.9km (47.2 miles) Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
91.5km (56.9 miles) Black Canyon Mine (Sanger; Flora; Mineral Point; Carol J; Hope Group; Eagle and Westward Eagle), Sierra View, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
91.6km (56.9 miles) Mexican Mine (Reed Flat), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
95.9km (59.6 miles) Birdsong Mine, Marietta Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
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