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Garnet Group from
Copper Butte Mine (Copper Buttes Copper Mines), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Butte Mine (Copper Buttes Copper Mines), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:179849
Long-form Identifier:1:3:179849:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘContention Mine (North Star Mine), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSenator Morgan Mine group, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘGladstone prospect, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘSan Xavier Mine (San Xavier Mine shaft), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘSouth San Xavier Mine group (Gray Copper Mine; Franklin group), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘUniversity Mine (SX mine - shaft No. 7), Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘVulcan Mine group (Vulcan Mine), Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Cummings & Romalo (1950)
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 133 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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