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Smithsonite from
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Comments:Occurs as gray balls.
Colour:Gray
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Vanadinite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite4
Pyrite3
Wulfenite3
Limonite2
Rosasite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:32744
Long-form Identifier:1:3:32744:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Bonanza Mine (Devil's Cash Box group; Veta Grande Mine; Orosco Mine), Devil's Cash Box ridge, Montosa Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Alto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) Exile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
30.0km (18.7 miles) Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) La Plata Mine (Black Ace Mine), Redrock Canyon, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
36.9km (23.0 miles) Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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