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Chlorite Group from
Mercury group (Porterie group; Vampire group; Almaden group; Constellation group), Phoenix Mountains Mining District, Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:'Chlorite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mercury group (Porterie group; Vampire group; Almaden group; Constellation group), Phoenix Mountains Mining District, Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:358124
Long-form Identifier:1:3:358124:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorite Group
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘPiestewa Peak area, Phoenix Mountains, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘLittle San Domingo Mine, Little San Domingo Wash area, White Picacho Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘBuena Vista claim, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.8km (42.8 miles) ⓘDragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘAbe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 claim; Copper No. 1 Patented claim), Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘSacaton Mine, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
73.0km (45.4 miles) ⓘHoward Copper Mine (Howard Copper Company property; Copper Schist Patented MS 3645 claim), Black Canyon, Bumble Bee, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) ⓘRed Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
75.4km (46.8 miles) ⓘElephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS file #10103806.
 
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