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Limonite from
Orphan Boy Mine (Sunset Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Orphan Boy Mine (Sunset Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420535:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘThanksgiving Mine (Thanksgiving Gold Mine; Myres Mine; Meyers Mine; Meyers claims; Box Canyon group), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘSilver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell property; Martinez property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine), Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘMagmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company claims; Stacy claims; Lode Star claims), Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘGrand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company property; Grand Pacific claims; Pacific group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘQueen Creek Mine, Apache Leap area, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘLake Superior and Arizona Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘBomboy Mine, Roblas Butte area, Wood Camp Canyon Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘArizona Gold Mine, Gila River, Grayback [peak] area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10048303, MRDS D #M899861.
 
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