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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Dimple Mine group, Mount Fagan, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dimple Mine group, Mount Fagan, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:179225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:179225:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘSilver Spur Mine, Frijole claim group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘSummit Mine, Sawmill Canyon, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘTreasure Vault Mine, Agua Caliente Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (St. Louis prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘPhiladelphia Mine (Philadelphia prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘUltimo Mine (Ultima Mine; Ultimo prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘMission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘDouble Header Mine (Double Header prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘAmerican Boy Mine (Lost Horse; Rhode Island; Down #1 & #2; Albert Gross; Fraction; New York; American), Piper Gulch, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 125 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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