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Details: I don't know how old these mine dumps are, but it is listed on Bob's Rock Shop Collecting Site list for Nevada. Here is the mineral list for the site, and you can go to the website for more information about them: Azurite, Brochantite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Gold, Malachite, Pseudomalachite, Schorl, Sphalerite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite.
Directions: Bob's rock shop says: "south-east of the Cold Springs Valley exit, north of Reno, off of US 395".
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Tags: Azurite Brochantite Chrysocolla Hematite Gold Malachite Pseudomalachite Schorl Sphalerite Quartz Tetrahedrite reno nevada North-West Prospects Granite Range Peavine District Washoe County

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