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Chlorargyrite from
Purple Passion Mine, Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chlorargyrite
Formula:AgCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Purple Passion Mine, Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:31249
Long-form Identifier:1:3:31249:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorargyrite
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘS and O claims (S & O claims; Amethyst Hill; Dave Haneline Memorial Mine), Wickenburg, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘSavoy Mine (Apache Panther Mine; Hilda Mine), Crown King, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘCougar Mine (Patented claim 1111; Hayden shaft; Bond property; Baker shaft), Crown King, Tiger Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘMuseum Mine (Silver Museum Mine; Museum group; Museum Mining group; Swilling Mine), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘLorena Mine (Blue Jacket group), Tiger Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘTom Wade Mine (4th of July group; Security; El Dorado Mine; Eldorado Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘSeventy-Six Mine (Seventysix Mine; Seventysix group; Seventy-Six claim; Fourth of July group), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘCopper Stack group, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘTip Top Mine (Conqueror Mine; Golden Wonder Mines Inc. property), Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
30.7km (19.0 miles) ⓘTuscumbia Mine (Tusculum deposit), Hooper, Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Gardner, Bill, Davis, Ed (2000) The Purple Passion Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 31 (4) 323-331
 
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