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Acanthite from
Prince of Wales Mine, Alpha Mining District, Sulphur Spring Range, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince of Wales Mine, Alpha Mining District, Sulphur Spring Range, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1544563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1544563:2
GUID (UUID V4):f083c922-96bb-4fc8-b058-d4cfa5e2e7d9
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
25.2km (15.6 miles) Mineral Hill Consolidated Mining Co. mines, Mineral Hill Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) Mill Canyon Property, Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) Erwin, Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
49.3km (30.6 miles) Cortez mine (Cortez Hills deposit; Cortez Hills underground mine; Garrison mine), Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) Silver Conner shaft, Prospect Ridge, Eureka Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
52.6km (32.7 miles) Diamond mine, Prospect Ridge, Eureka Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Onondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) Zenoli mine (Morning Glory group), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
85.7km (53.3 miles) Eagle Monitor mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
86.0km (53.4 miles) Battle Mountain mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
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