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Limonite from
Unnamed copper prospect (39), Granite Hills area, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed copper prospect (39), Granite Hills area, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420293
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420293:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
13.3km (8.3 miles) Unnamed copper prospect (23), Newman Peak area, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Unnamed copper prospect (53), Durham Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
28.9km (17.9 miles) Poston Butte deposit (Continental Oil Co. property; Aztec Exploration and Development Co. property; Florence Conoco; Florence Copper Co. property), Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) Unnamed copper deposit (2), Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
38.7km (24.0 miles) New Dawn claims, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect (3), Cottonwood Wash, Cottonwood Hill area, Horse Ranch Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Wooley Mine (Wooley property), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) Unnamed copper deposit (14), Oracle Junction area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) Franco Riqueza claims, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-72n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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