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Goethite from
Lucerne mine-pit, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lucerne mine-pit, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:934626
Long-form Identifier:1:3:934626:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Woodville mine, Gold Hill, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) Justice Mine, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Oest mine, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Dayton Mine, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Incline Village, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Buckskin Mine, Buckskin Mining District (Smith Valley Mining District), Buckskin Range, Douglas County, Nevada, USA
43.0km (26.7 miles) MacArthur Mine, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Ann-Mason deposit (Ludwig; Douglas Hill; Cast; Blue Hills; McConnell; Minnesota; Shamrock), Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) Douglas Hill Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) Hill 5644, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
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