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Alunite from
Villa Grove Turquoise Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Villa Grove Turquoise Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428270
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428270:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘPorphyry Peak Alunite Deposit, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘUnknown Potassium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016926), Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘRosita Hills Mine S, Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘDemocrat Hill Deposit, Custer County, Colorado, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘUnknown Potassium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016560), Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘMount Robinson Deposit (Cowan Knoll), Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘStar Mine, Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
91.6km (56.9 miles) ⓘBulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘModoc Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
92.9km (57.7 miles) ⓘLast Dollar Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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