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Limonite from
Red Cloud group (Crescent; Lead King), First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA


Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cloud group (Crescent; Lead King), First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500313
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500313:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.8km (0.5 miles) International Mine, First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Dewey Mine, First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Nancy Hanks Mine (Minnie Palmer), First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) Cascade Mine, First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Sierra Mine, First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) Gold Leaf Mine, Top O'Deep Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Red Rock Mine, Top O'Deep Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Dandy Mine (Big Six Mine), Coloma Mining District (Elk Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Morse and Kennedy Mine, Elk Creek-Coloma Mining District, Missoula County, Montana, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) Copper Cliff Mine (Cramer Creek Cu deposit), Copper Cliff Mining District, Missoula County, Montana, USA
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