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K Feldspar from
Picacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Perthitic.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Picacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246751:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘWhite Jumbo prospect, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘSunrise prospect, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘLower Jumbo Mine, Mitchell Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘSunset Mine (Sunset prospect; Sunset claims 1 - 2 & 3), White Picacho Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘNorth Morning Star Mine, Morning Star Mine (Morning Star prospects; Morning Star pegmatites), San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘOutpost Extension prospect, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘFriction Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘNew Lookout prospects, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Jahns, R.H. (1952), Pegmatite deposits of the White Picacho District, Maricopa and Yavapai Cos., AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 162: 79.
 
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