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Kaolinite from
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:534149
Long-form Identifier:1:3:534149:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
13.3km (8.3 miles) Unnamed Zn-Cu prospect [1], Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) Standard Tungsten Mine (Head Center Mine; Black Prince Mine; Johnny Boy Mine; Johnnie Boy No. 1 Mine; Barite prospect; Kreis Mine), Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) Last Chance Mine, Casey Hill, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) San Juan Mine (San Juan group; Gordon Mine; Mann adit; Sulphide adit; Silver adit), Gordon Camp, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) Mystery Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Defiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Tom Scott Mine, Tejon group (Tejon Mining Company property), Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Wisconsin group, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) Golden Rule Mine, Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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