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Tourmaline from
Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:357863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:357863:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Tourmaline in this Region
Packover claim, Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘPackover claim, Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘStory Mine, Lion Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘEl Oso Mine (New Discovery Mine; Harrison Mine), El Oso group of claims, Jolene Mine (Cline Mine/claims; Jolene group; El Oso properties; Mazatzal group; Blue Bull Mine), Pine Mountain area, Mazatzal West Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
31.0km (19.2 miles) ⓘBreadpan claim (Breadpan area; Lothmann-Scorfian property), Flying W Ranch area, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘRose Tungsten Mine (Rose Tungsten property; Shoestring property; S. Rose claims; Smith Mine; Smith property), Rock Creek Canyon, Jim Sam Butte area, Spring Creek area, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘRichinbar Mine (Zyke shaft; Patented claims MS 1470 & 1286; Gold Note MS 1470 Patented claims), Agua Fria Canyon, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘWagner Mine (Wagner group of claims; Wagner Tungsten group; Pinto Tungsten Mine; Pinto Mining Co. claims; Friend in Need vein; Red Bird claims), Pinto Creek, Granite Mountain area, Gila County, Arizona, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘRico group of claims (Rico Mercury), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles) ⓘSeal Rock group (Sealrock group), Phoenix Mountains Mining District, Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
70.3km (43.7 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
References
MRDS file #10040373.
 
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