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Kaolinite from
Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Comments:Occurs in kaolinized shale.
Colour:Snow-white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:223809
Long-form Identifier:1:3:223809:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘDetroit Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘHumboldt Mine (Humboldt tunnel; Liverpool tunnel; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘLongfellow Mine (Ofarizona Copper Co. group [in part]; Longfellow incline), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘRyerson Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCopper Mountain Kaolin occurrence, Copper Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMorenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘClifton Copper Mines (San Jose; Copper Centre; Clifton gp; Standard gp; Standard Consolidated Copper Co.; Standard Mine; Standard Copper), Standard Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘMetcalf Mines (Arizona Copper Co. group; Metcalf Open pit), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘDover Copper Mines (Gold Belt Mines/group; Dover Copper group; Copper Plate Mine), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘShannon Mine (Shannon Mountain Mine), King Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1905), The copper deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district, AZ, USGS PP 43: 212.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 108.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.266
 
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