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Kaolinite from
Cross Hill Quarry (Pantano Clay deposit; Mineral Lease No. 23880C), Pantano Wash, Rincon Valley, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Quarry
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 Cross Hill Quarry (Pantano Clay deposit; Mineral Lease No. 23880C), Pantano Wash, Rincon Valley, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:540146
Long-form Identifier:1:3:540146:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘTotal Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘEclipse Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper mine, Deer Creek, Pima County, Arizona, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
42.4km (26.3 miles) ⓘTungsten King Mine, Black Rock group, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
45.4km (28.2 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
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘSaginaw Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘJohnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed W-Cu prospect, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10060262, MRDS ID #TC10261.
 
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