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Acanthite from
Horn Silver Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Acanthite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horn Silver Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:873871
Long-form Identifier:1:3:873871:4
GUID (UUID V4):d834a101-79f3-49d9-a195-4290dfbdc66a
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
4.2km (2.6 miles) Rich Bar Prospect, Oroville Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Ruby Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) Dankoe Mine (Utica Mine; Horn Silver Mine; Cawston), Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
40.8km (25.3 miles) Silver Bluff Mine, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) Black Huzzar Prospect, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) Carl Frederick Prospect, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) John Arthur Prospect, Conconully Area, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) Leuena Mine, Conconully Area, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) Fourth of July Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
57.2km (35.5 miles) American Flag Mine, Wauconda Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
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