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Zircon from
United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Comments:Common in the black schist (chlorite schist); commonly surrounded by pleochroic haloes as large as 0.006 mm across; larger crystals haloes to 0.07 mm across.
Habit:0.001 to 0.002 mm long; some to 0.07 mm
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:280081
Long-form Identifier:1:3:280081:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
45.6km (28.4 miles) ⓘBradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘNW slope Fremont Peak occurrences, San Francisco Mountain, San Franciscan volcanic field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino County, Arizona, USA
References
Anderson, C.A. & S.C. Creasey (1958), Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai Co., AZ, USGS PP 308: 119
 
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