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Clearinghouse Mine (Golden Rule claim; Golden Rule No. 2 claim; Anderson I claim; North Extension of the Anderson claim; Moonstone claim; Moonstone No. 2 claim; El Portal claim; Ferguson Original claim; Original No. 2 claim; South Original Extension claim), Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Comments:Occurs in graphite-mica schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clearinghouse Mine (Golden Rule claim; Golden Rule No. 2 claim; Anderson I claim; North Extension of the Anderson claim; Moonstone claim; Moonstone No. 2 claim; El Portal claim; Ferguson Original claim; Original No. 2 claim; South Original Extension claim), Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:841641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:841641:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘFeliciana Mine, Feliciana Mountain, Jerseydale Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘP and L Mine, Buena Vista, Mariposa County, California, USA
15.5km (9.7 miles) ⓘRobinson & Orr group, Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘGold King Mine (Martin - Walling Mine; Sunshine Mine), Texas Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘSilver Knob occurrence, Silver Knob, Fish Camp, Mariposa County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘOro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘEureka Plumbago Mine (Eureka Plumbago prospect), Sawmill Flat, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘJessie Belle Mine (Jesbel Mine; June Belle Mine [?]), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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