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Hematite from
Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:As impregnations in sandstone - lower adit.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246478
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246478:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘCollapse feature 495, Mohawk Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘCollapse feature 1033, Mohawk Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘSun Valley Mine (Jay Rird claims), Marble Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘTwin Tanks prospect, Mohawk Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
92.1km (57.2 miles) ⓘRidenour Mine, Prospect Canyon Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
97.5km (60.6 miles) ⓘSunset Crater (Sunset Peak), San Franciscan volcanic field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino County, Arizona, USA
References
Granger, H.C. & R.B. Raup (1962), Reconnaissance study of uranium deposits in AZ, USGS Bull. 1147-A, A7-A12
Gornitz, V. (2004), Grand Canyon Uranium: The Orphan Mine, Mineral News: 20(6): 7..
Van Gosen, Bradley S.; Hall, Susan M.; Johnson, Craig A.; Benzel, William M. (2025) Solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits of the southern Colorado Plateau, northwestern Arizona, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 181. 106590 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106590
 
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