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Chlorargyrite from
Silver Belt Mine (Richmond Patent MS 803 claim; Cabinet Silver Patent MS 1293 claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chlorargyrite
Formula:AgCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cerussite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Belt Mine (Richmond Patent MS 803 claim; Cabinet Silver Patent MS 1293 claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:252171
Long-form Identifier:1:3:252171:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorargyrite
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘIron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented claim 1714; Patented claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.7 miles) ⓘJoker Mine, Minnehaha-Oak Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘGoodwin Mine (Patented claims MS 4178), Goodwin, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘRoach Mine (Roach claim; Roach property; Patented claims MS 4103), Goodwin, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘDos Oris Mine, Slate Creek, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
24.3km (15.1 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
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘTuscumbia Mine (Tusculum deposit), Hooper, Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘBlack Warrior Mine (Silver Prince Mine; Swastika Mine; Nora B Mine; Kingdon Mine; Curtin MS 653 Patented claim; Patented claims MS 2529), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘLone Juniper Mine (Lone Juniper General No. 89 Patented claim), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘAlta Mine (Alta Patent Gen No. 277), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
The History of Arizona, 2nd. State legislature, Chap. X: 106.
Hamilton, Patrick (1881) The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. The Legislature of the Territory of Arizona. p.57
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 42, 50
Krieger, M.H. (1965), Geology of the Prescott and Paulden quadrangles, Arizona, USGS PP 467: 106.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.170
 
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