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Molybdenite from
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferrimolybdite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:944995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:944995:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Tillite Claims, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Alta Tunnel (Lucky Dutchman; Bodfish Tunnel), Silver Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Gladstone Mine, White Pine Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) Metals Coalition Mining Company Mine, Alpine-Silver Lake Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) Park Premier Shaft, Elkhorn Mining District, Wasatch County, Utah, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Arthur Fork Prospect, Hardscrabble Mining District, Morgan County, Utah, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Canyon, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
45.8km (28.4 miles) Apex-Delaware Group Mines (Utah Apex), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Carr Fork Mine, Bingham Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) S. Hansen Drill Holes Prospect (Southwest Tintic Porphyry Project), Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
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