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Wulfenite from
Root Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Root Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:683829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:683829:4
GUID (UUID V4):4dd5c15f-b0b4-42dc-bdab-001573631cb1
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Singer Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Mobile Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Smithsonite Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Hoosier Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Hermosa Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Fredrickson Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Ruth Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Alice Mine (Yellow Pine Extension Mine; Green Mountain Mine), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
Thorne, Brent (n.d.) Personal communcation.In the collection of Brent Thorne. SEM-EDS analyzed.
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MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
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MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
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Bulletin 906-D GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA BY EUGENE CALLAGHAN Contributions...___.-_-___-_______-_________. Outlook for the district...----____-__._-_-_-_-_______-_________. Mines...Fe__--_____-----___________-____-______-_._________ Southern Nevada (Spokane)________________________________ Searchlight...main part of the district._________ Mines and prospects in the eastern part of the district.__-_-.______...map of the main part of the Searchlight District, Clark County, Nev____._-_-_-_-._.___.-_-.__________
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