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Pyrargyrite from
California Rand No. 2 Mine (California Rand Silver Mine; California Rand Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelly Rand Mine), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view California Rand No. 2 Mine (California Rand Silver Mine; California Rand Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelly Rand Mine), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8977:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘCoyote Mine, Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSt. Lawrence Mine (St. Lawrence Rand Mine; K. C. N. Mine; Isabella Mine), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘSanta Fe Mine (Santa Fe prospect; Wortley Consolidated Mines Company), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘCalifornia Mine, Johannesburg, Johannesburg District, Kern County, California, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘRand Mine (Yellow Aster Mine; Baltic 0060291248; Yellow Aster 0060290374), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘKelly Mine, Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘReform Mine, Inspiration Point, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
72.8km (45.3 miles) ⓘAmalie-Agua Caliente Mine (Amelia; Amelia Mine and mill; Amalia), Loraine, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘCalico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Hulin, Carlton D. (1925), Geology and ore deposits of the Randsburg quadrangle, California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 95, 152 pp.: 97-98
Murdoch, Joseph (1939) Miargyrite crystals from Randsburg, California. American Mineralogist, 24 (12) 772-781
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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