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Molybdenite from
Big Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Occurs in ores.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649242:7
GUID (UUID V4):60a32081-49e0-49fb-9748-611731c62fc9
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
12.3km (7.7 miles) Cedar Creek (Cedar Creek District), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Major Mine (Sweet Marie; Rand group; June Ione), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Unip Mine, Lake Isabella, Erskine Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Unnamed Mo-W occurrence [1], Miracle Hot Springs area, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) Big Four No. 1 claim, California Hot Springs, Tulare County, California, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) White River claims, Pine Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Wingrove occurrence, California Hot Springs, Tulare County, California, USA
33.1km (20.5 miles) Naja Mine (Hobby; Naja Scheelite), Piute Peak (Piute Mountain), Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Kern-Sierra Mines (Kern-Sierra group; Whynot claim; Jupiter claim; Sierra claim), White Dome, Tulare County, California, USA
46.1km (28.7 miles) Griders claims, Camp Nelson, Tulare County, California, USA
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