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Shale from
Boring Shale pit, Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Type:Shale
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boring Shale pit, Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1087096
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1087096:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Shale
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘNegro Head Shale Mine, Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘCalaveras Shale Quarry, Kentucky House, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) ⓘColfax Shale Quarry, New England Mills, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
98.9km (61.5 miles) ⓘBuckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye Mining District, Stanislaus County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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