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Childrenite from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Childrenite
Formula:Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O
Comments:No data to support the listing. Only pertinent statement is in Campbell, T. and Roberts, W., 1986, Minerals of the Tip Top Mine, Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, Mineralogical Record, v. 17, p. 237-254, which only states that the mineral has an intermediate composition in the eosphorite-childrenite series with no implication that an iron-dominant composition was found to contradict previous reports. Virtually all worldwide eosphorites have an "intermediate" composition in the series.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Childrenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:137602
Long-form Identifier:1:3:137602:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Childrenite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘHelen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘGap Lode Pegmatite, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘHugo Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘDan Patch Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘWhite Cap Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘBig Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
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