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Asbestos from
Liberty Mine (McFall Mine), Mountain Top, French Creek Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Asbestos' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Considerabl;e slip-fiber material present.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Asbestos data
Locality Data:Click here to view Liberty Mine (McFall Mine), Mountain Top, French Creek Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:901394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:901394:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Asbestos
1.7km (1.0 miles) American Asbestos & Manufacturing Company Mine (American Asbestos Mine; Voorhees), Mountain Top, French Creek Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Rawhide Asbestos deposit (Rawhide Claim Nos. 1 2 & 3; Rawhide claim No. 2; Rawhide claim No. 3), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Mackey Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) Walker Mine (Chaparral; Brushy Hill), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) Nuner prospect, Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) George Thomas prospect, Scottsville, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) Unnamed Asbestos prospect [1], Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) Garnet Hill Mine (Rheona claim), Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
77.1km (47.9 miles) Unnamed Asbestos occurrences (1), Planada, Merced County, California, USA
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