Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Clay minerals from
Quintonite Clay deposit (Quintonite group), Deer Creek Village Subdivision, Tonto Basin, Tonto Basin Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Clay minerals' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clay minerals data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quintonite Clay deposit (Quintonite group), Deer Creek Village Subdivision, Tonto Basin, Tonto Basin Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427798
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427798:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Clay minerals
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘReno Pass Four deposit, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed clay deposit, Rancho Del Escondido, Tonto Basin, Tonto Basin Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
42.4km (26.4 miles) ⓘHope Mine (Hope deposit), Rose Creek Lodge area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘArizona White Eagle Stucco Company clay deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
51.9km (32.2 miles) ⓘChris Clay deposit, Mogollon Rim Visitor Center area, Gila County, Arizona, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘVerde River deposit, Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘSepiolite occurrence, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘClay claims, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘCamp Verde Salt Mine, Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
86.6km (53.8 miles) ⓘAzurite Mine, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10056444, MRDS ID #TC00260.
 
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