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Minium from
Unnamed W-Cu prospect, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Minium
Formula:Pb3O4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wulfenite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Minium data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed W-Cu prospect, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893587
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893587:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Minium
5.0km (3.1 miles) Texas Arizona Mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Golden Rule Mine, Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
46.6km (28.9 miles) Manila Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Chief Mine, Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) Deering Spring, Pima County, Arizona, USA
73.6km (45.7 miles) El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
91.0km (56.5 miles) Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
94.1km (58.5 miles) Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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