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Graphite from
Hope Mine (Minnesota Development Group), Minnesota Flat, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Comments:Occurs as graphitic clay in gouge.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope Mine (Minnesota Development Group), Minnesota Flat, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:965896
Long-form Identifier:1:3:965896:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘHope claim, Plumbago, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMinnesota Development Group Mine (Minnesota Development Gp.), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘ16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘPacific Alta Group Mine (Pacific Alta Gp.), Saint Louis (St Louis), Port Wine Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) ⓘHills Armstrong Graphite deposit, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District (Michigan Bluff Mining deposit), Placer County, California, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘThree Queens Mine (Four Acres Mine), Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
66.1km (41.0 miles) ⓘBlack Oak Mine [1], Garden Valley, Kelsey Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘAlhambra Gold Mine (Alhambra Mine; Atlantic Mine), Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘJoseph Skinner Mine (Porphyry; Fisk), Placerville (Hangtown), Placerville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘCarson Black Lead Mine, Voltaire Mining District, Carson City, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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