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Kaolinite from
Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Comments:Occurs in hydrothermally altered granite porphyry stock; altered from feldspar.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249491
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249491:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘLavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLowell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘJunction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘTombstone Extension Mines, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘWisconsin group, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘToughnut Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘTom Scott Mine, Tejon group (Tejon Mining Company property), Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Schwartz, George Melvin (1947) Hydrothermal alteration in the "porphyry copper" deposits. Economic Geology, 42 (4) 319-352 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.42.4.319
Schwartz, George Melvin (1958) Alteration of biotite under mesothermal conditions. Economic Geology, 53 (2) 164-177 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.53.2.164
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 105, 257, 265
 
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