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Siderite from
Slate Creek, Kayler Butte area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Comments:Impure material.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate Creek, Kayler Butte area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203780:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘOrd Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord group; Indian claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘStonewall Jackson Mine (McMillan Silver Mines group; McMillan-Stonewall Mine; Stonewall Jackson-Little Mac Mine), McMillanville Mining District (McMillanville), Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘMagmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company claims; Stacy claims; Lode Star claims), Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
79.7km (49.6 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
89.5km (55.6 miles) ⓘAmerican Flag Mine (Brooks Mine; Old Brooks Mine), Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
89.8km (55.8 miles) ⓘSilver Cord Mine (Infant Mine; Infant tunnel; Brooks claims; American Flagg; McCutcheon shaft; Gold Crown Mine; Cutter Mine [?]), Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘCutter Mine (Cutter claim), Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Tenney, J.B. (1928), The Mineral Industries of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 125: 103.
 
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