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Opal from
Lyle Creek Diatomite deposits (Huachuca deposits), Huachuca Mountains Northwestern foothills, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lyle Creek Diatomite deposits (Huachuca deposits), Huachuca Mountains Northwestern foothills, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:999780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:999780:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘEagle deposit, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘGallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corp Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘPost Ranch deposit, Post Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘSaint David area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) ⓘOpal occurrence [1], Saint David area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘLucky Cuss Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘCurtis Diatomite deposit (Curtiss Diatomite deposit), Curtiss, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Peirce, H.Wesley (1969), Diatomite, in USGS & Arizona Bureau of Mines & U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180 (USGS Bull.871): 337-342.
 
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