Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Goethite from
Jet prospect, Fairview Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jet prospect, Fairview Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:775367
Long-form Identifier:1:3:775367:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘLittle Squaw claim, Chalk Mountain Mining District, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘCorey No. 2 claim, Chalk Mountain Mining District, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘBighorn prospect, Chalk Mountain Mining District, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘRawhide Deposit, Rawhide Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘSan Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘBruner Mine, Phonolite, Bruner Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘRichmond Mine, Berlin, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘBeth Prospect, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘGrantsville Summit Prospect, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
75.4km (46.9 miles) ⓘNew York Canyon Mine, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
J.V. Tingley and J. Quade (1987) Mineral resource inventory - U.S. Navy master land withdrawal area, Churchill County, Nevada:. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology OFR 87-2
 
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