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Magnetite from
Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:419906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:419906:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘOracle Ridge Mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘSan Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect Ml11, Canada del Oro Mining District (Cañada del Oro Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘOld Eagle Mine (Stake Lease 3707), Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed iron deposit, Durham Wash, Black Mountain area, Black Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘPontatoc Mine, Santa Catalina Mountains foothills, Tucson area, Pima County, Arizona, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper deposit (13), Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘRed Rock Mine (Red Rock Placer claims; Omega Iron deposit; Arkota Steel placer; Royal Mine; Red Rock group; Owlhead Magnetite prospect; Garpak; Black Hills; Black Sands deposit), Brady Wash, Tom Mix Monument area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10037120
MRDS ID #M030486.
 
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