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Vanadinite from
Kirkland Gold Mines (American Kirkland Gold Mines property), Kirkland area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Comments:Fine specimens.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kirkland Gold Mines (American Kirkland Gold Mines property), Kirkland area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:239589
Long-form Identifier:1:3:239589:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘWhite Pearl prospect (Silver Dollar prospect; Silver Dollar 1943; La Brash group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘBlack Butte prospect (Odell; Queen Elizabeth group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘPeck Mine (First Extension of the Peck Gen. No. 93 Patent; Patented claims MS 3142), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘKit Carson Mine (Kit Carson vein; Kit Carson and Walter prospect), Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘLincoln claim, Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
46.9km (29.1 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘHumboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘNewsboy Mine (Grande group; Charles Black claims; Gnome Development group; Newsboy group; G.W. Mining & Minerals Co. group; Pitt Mine), Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘVulture Mine, Vulture, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 73.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.411
 
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