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Wulfenite from
Jarilla Mine group (Jarilla Mine; Bullion Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jarilla Mine group (Jarilla Mine; Bullion Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174261:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Wulfenite in this Region
Jarrilla Mine, Jarilla Mine group (Jarilla Mine; Bullion Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘTres de Mayo Mine group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘPalmetto Mine, Tres de Mayo Mine group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘRobert E. Lee Mine (Bob Lee Mine; Bob Lee and Widow Mine), Tres de Mayo Mine group, Palmetto District, Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSonoita Mine group (Sondita Mine; Sondita Mine group; Evans claim), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘDomino Mine (Old Chief Mine), Domino Mine group, Cumero Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘHardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘStella Blue Mine (Patagonia Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘDura Mine (Dura Mine group; International Mine; Old Contest Mine), Mount Benedict, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘSonoita prospect, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Mine (Commercial Tunnel and Shaft; Ivanhoe 1-8 claims; Commercial 1-6 claims), Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader (1915): 288-290
Moger (1969)
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 73 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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