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Dolomite from
Tillie Starbuck Mine, Slate Creek Canyon, Mount Tritle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Comments:Occurs as crystals lining cavities with ankerite.
Habit:Small, rhombic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ankerite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tillie Starbuck Mine, Slate Creek Canyon, Mount Tritle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:257158
Long-form Identifier:1:3:257158:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘBig Bug Mine (Burzog Mine; Old Miner Mine; Black Hills Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘBinghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘBurmeister Mine (Bunker & Burmeister claims; Bunker claim; Black Magic Mine; Victory Manganese Mine), Agua Fria River, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.5km (22.0 miles) ⓘBlack Butte prospect (Odell; Queen Elizabeth group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
37.3km (23.1 miles) ⓘLyles Hectorite Mine (Lyles Hectorite deposit; Lyles deposit; White Hills Lithium prospect), Hillside, Thompson Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
46.6km (29.0 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘBagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 29, 119-120
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 51.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 114, 207
 
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