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Actinolite from
Yuba Cañon (Yuba Canyon), Peavine Peak (Peavine Mountain), Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA


Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yuba Cañon (Yuba Canyon), Peavine Peak (Peavine Mountain), Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717459:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Red Metals Mine (North View Copper Mine; Porcupine tunnel; Wheeler tunnel; Revelation patent; Red Metal Mine; NBMG sample sites No. 3333 & No. 4122), Copperfield, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) Golden Horseshoe Mine (Novak Mine), Johnson Hill, Plumas County, California, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) Grizzly Ridge, Plumas County, California, USA
75.3km (46.8 miles) Walker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) MacArthur Mine, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
90.0km (55.9 miles) Bear-Lagomarsino Airport deposit, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
90.7km (56.4 miles) Ann-Mason deposit (Ludwig; Douglas Hill; Cast; Blue Hills; McConnell; Minnesota; Shamrock), Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
93.0km (57.8 miles) Anaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
94.9km (59.0 miles) Mason Valley Mine, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
98.9km (61.4 miles) Superior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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