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Jarosite from
Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Occurs in Sb veins as colloform crusts.
Colour:Yellow-brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680335:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Jarosite
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence (South of Los Banos), California Aquaduct Dos Amigos Pumping Station, Merced County, California, USA
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘNew Almaden Mine (New Almaden Mines), New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘClear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) ⓘNew Idria Mine (New Idria group; New Hope vein), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
References
Bailey, Edgar H. & W. Bradley Myers (1942), Quicksilver and antimony deposits of Stayton district, California: USGS Bulletin 931-Q: 418
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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