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Vanadinite from
Montezuma Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Montezuma Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244347:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
0.7km (0.4 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
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘVulture Mine, Vulture, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘGeronimo Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘBlack Butte prospect (Odell; Queen Elizabeth group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘPrince of Arizona Mine, Baldy Mountain, Pikes Peak Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘTonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
56.9km (35.4 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
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘKirkland Gold Mines (American Kirkland Gold Mines property), Kirkland area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘMaricopa Mine (Apociram claim; Katherine claim; Ophir No. 3 claim; Opoeiram claim), New River Mesa, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, 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.410
 
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