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Hematite from
Townsend Butte, Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Table/Butte
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Occurs in schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Magnetite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Townsend Butte, Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:258299
Long-form Identifier:1:3:258299:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLos Felice Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘBlue Bell-Jubilee occurrence (Blue Bell Magnetite-Hematite occurrence), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘDe Soto Mine (Patented claims MS 1462 & 1463; Copper Link; Whale), Battle Flat, Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘHoward Copper Mine (Howard Copper Company property; Copper Schist Patented MS 3645 claim), Black Canyon, Bumble Bee, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘBlack Canyon occurrence, Black Canyon (Black Canyon Creek), Bumble Bee, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘBlack Canyon placers, Black Canyon (Black Canyon Creek), Bumble Bee, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Siding occurrence, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘMayer-Stoddard occurrence (Mayer-Stoddard Magnetite Taconite), Stoddard Mine (Patented claims MS 439-440), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘFat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 156
Galbraith, Dr. Frederic W.; Brennan, Dr. Daniel J. (1959) Minerals of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press. 116pp.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 247, 284
 
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