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Limonite from
Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury group; Queen property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 claim), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai 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 Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury group; Queen property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 claim), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:438381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:438381:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘMint shaft (Chelsea No. 1 Patented claim; Chelsea No. 2 Patented claim; Patented claims 3770), Wilhoit, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘU.S. Navy Mine (U.S. Mine; Verde Anney Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘBoston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘOro Flame Mine (Oro Flame property; American Eagle Mine; Mormon Patent; Old Ohio Patent MS 2025; Gold Bug Mine; Sterling property; Mescal claim; American Eagle Patent; Oro Grand Patent MS 2024), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘMidnight Test Mine (National Gold Mine; Patented claims MS 1535), Spruce Mountain, Groom Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘIron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented claim 1714; Patented claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘPeck Mine (First Extension of the Peck Gen. No. 93 Patent; Patented claims MS 3142), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10040370, MRDS ID #M055100.
 
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