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Limestone from
Saginaw Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Type:Limestone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Saginaw Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1587331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1587331:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limestone
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘSnyder Hill Limestone deposit, Snyder Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘPima Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
43.7km (27.1 miles) ⓘSilver Hill Mine group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Waterman Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘConcha Limestone occurrence, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘAtlas Mine, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘSan Manuel Limestone Quarry, Whitlock Wash-San Pedro River confluence area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
77.5km (48.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Quartz occurrence, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘSaint David area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
84.1km (52.2 miles) ⓘCamp Grant Limestone and Silica Quarry, Camp Grant Wash, Lookout Mountain area, Putnam Wash Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Bain, Wyatt M, Lecumberri-Sanchez, Pilar, Marsh, Erin E, Steele-MacInnis, Matthew (2022) Fluids and melts at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition, recorded by unidirectional solidification textures at Saginaw Hill, Arizona, USA. Economic Geology, 117 (7) 1543-1571
 
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