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Acanthite from
Dos Cabezas project (Gold Prince Mine; Henry Clay Mine; Pat Price Mine; Bain Mine; Murphy Mine; Basin Mine), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Project
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Gold3
Quartz3
Opal2
Native Silver2
Galena1
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dos Cabezas project (Gold Prince Mine; Henry Clay Mine; Pat Price Mine; Bain Mine; Murphy Mine; Basin Mine), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:735543
Long-form Identifier:1:3:735543:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
30.5km (18.9 miles) King of Lead Mine (King of Lead group; Windes Mine; Morrow Mine; Taylor Mine; Pursley Mine; Queen of Sheba claim), Cochise Head, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Golden Rule Mine, Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) Texas Arizona Mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
46.9km (29.1 miles) Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline prospect), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) Festerling Mine (Elsicor Mine; Cora Mine), Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) Beck Mine (National Mine; Hattie Lee Mine), Steins Pass Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) Black Diamond Mine (Englander Mine; Black Diamond claim), Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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