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Molybdenite from
Blue Bird Mine, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Bird Mine, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:209426
Long-form Identifier:1:3:209426:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘCornucopia Mine (Patented claims MS 1555; Cornucopia Patented MS 1555 claims; Porphyry Unpatented MS 1555 claims), Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘCrazy Basin property, Cleator, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘCleator area, Cleator, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘSmokey's-Copper Basin claims, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘKentuck Mine, Palace Station, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘYellow Jacket Mine, Mount Union quadrangle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘVenezia Mine, Crooks Canyon, Venezia area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 25.
 
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