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Mimetite from
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Comments:AS crystals and as nearly perfect spherical aggregates
Habit:Micro-crystals with great variety of shapes/habits; minute, perfect hexagonal crystakls less than 1 mm long
Colour:Red to yellow; some zoned with center orange & ends yellow.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Wulfenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wulfenite333
Baryte81
Quartz36
- var Chalcedony1
Chrysocolla23
Fluorite8
Vanadinite6
Willemite5
Cerussite4
Cumengeite4
Minium4
Descloizite2
Hematite2
Malachite1
Caledonite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (116 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97666:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Mimetite in this Region
125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
0.0km (0.0 miles) 125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) Adobe Wells claim, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Springs, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
67.2km (41.8 miles) Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
70.5km (43.8 miles) Scott Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) Potter-Cramer Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) Evening Star Mine, Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) Unnamed prospect, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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