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Native Sulphur from
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


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Native Sulphur

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Native Sulphur

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Native Sulphur

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Sulphur
Formula:S8
Comments:Occurs in cavities left by leaching of galena.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Sulphur data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:240404
Long-form Identifier:1:3:240404:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Sulphur
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘJunction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘDubacher Canyon, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘJanuary & Norton Mine group (January and Norton Mine group), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘBlue Eagle Mine (Blue Eagle 1 and 2 claims; Copper Ledge; Hillside Copper Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘInvincible prospect, Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘHilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
91.9km (57.1 miles) ⓘArrastra Mine, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
93.2km (57.9 miles) ⓘWildcat Mine (Wild Cat group of claims), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.386
 
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