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Kaolinite from
Crown King & Tiger Mine groups (Crown King and Tiger Mines), Esperanza Mine group [old], Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crown King & Tiger Mine groups (Crown King and Tiger Mines), Esperanza Mine group [old], Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:536176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:536176:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘEsperanza Mine [new], Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘDiamond Head group, Fresnal Canyon, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘEisenhower Mine (Eisenhower property/group; Mission Extension; Palo Verde Mine; Palo Verde copper deposit), Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘSaginaw Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘEclipse Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) ⓘAlto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect 101-25, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
43.4km (26.9 miles) ⓘRoadside Mine (St. Francis Mine; Coyote claim), Pan Tak, Coyote Mining District, Coyote Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026759, MRDS ID #M000103.
 
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