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Kaolinite from
Wallpai Brick Co. clay deposit, Goldfield area, Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wallpai Brick Co. clay deposit, Goldfield area, Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:422013
Long-form Identifier:1:3:422013:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
42.6km (26.5 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
44.1km (27.4 miles) ⓘResolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) ⓘFlorence project, Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘNo. 1 Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
56.9km (35.3 miles) ⓘInspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
57.4km (35.6 miles) ⓘRay Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘSacaton Mine, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘKelvin-Sultana Mine, Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10104303, MRDS ID #TC00250.
 
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