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Chlorite Group from
Red Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Chlorite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427387:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorite Group
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Payson, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘHope Mine (Hope deposit), Rose Creek Lodge area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘWorkman Creek Falls, Aztec Peak area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
70.4km (43.7 miles) ⓘElephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
72.6km (45.1 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
73.0km (45.4 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
73.8km (45.8 miles) ⓘPiestewa Peak area, Phoenix Mountains, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘCopper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) ⓘMercury group (Porterie group; Vampire group; Almaden group; Constellation group), Phoenix Mountains Mining District, Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘApache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10040380, MRDS ID #M055115.
 
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