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Opal from
Pillikin Mine area 3 (West Basin), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Common Opal1 photo of Opal associated with Common Opal at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pillikin Mine area 3 (West Basin), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326291
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326291:7
GUID (UUID V4):bfb47421-888a-46cb-a560-51d7d7d803ac
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
1.9km (1.2 miles) Steele Mine (Steel deposit), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Stifle claims (Stifle prospects; Stifle Memorial claim; Traverse Cr. Special Interest Area; Traverse Creek Special Interest Area), Meadow Brook, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Chrysoprase and Moss Opal deposits, River Pines, Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District), Amador County, California, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) Hudson Bay Quartz Mine (Hudson Bay Qtz; Hudson Bay; Blue Ridge vein), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) Custer prospect (Dooley prospect; Custer Dooley prospect), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) Unknown diamond occurrence [1], Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) Hexter Placer Mine, Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
64.3km (39.9 miles) Wallace Mine, Wallace, Camanche Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) Green Mountain Mine (Calaveras Crystal mine), Chili Gulch (Chile Gulch ?), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
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