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Baryte 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:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Abundant.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Manganese-bearing Ankerite
Silver-bearing Galena
Sphalerite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte 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:252172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:252172:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘArizona National Mine (Anderson Mine), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘBradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
21.3km (13.3 miles) ⓘN.C. 4 Mine, 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
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘWhite Spar Mine (Mountain Star Patented claim; Maggie Patented claim; Patented claims 1570), Congress quadrangle, Martinez Mining District, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine (Patented claims MS 1721), Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘBuster Mine (claims MS 1430), Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘIrle claims (Porter claims; Excalibur Mine; Cactus Wren Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 25, 128-129
Brobst, D. A. (1958) Barite resources of the United States. Bulletin 1072b. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1072b p.107
Anderson, C.A. & S.C. Creasey (1958), Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai Co., AZ, USGS PP 308: 170.
 
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