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Siderite from
Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:419872
Long-form Identifier:1:3:419872:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘMcHur property, 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘRay Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘMagmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company claims; Stacy claims; Lode Star claims), Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.5km (22.0 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘPoston Butte deposit (Continental Oil Co. property; Aztec Exploration and Development Co. property; Florence Conoco; Florence Copper Co. property), Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
46.1km (28.6 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘBlack Rock group (Davis group; Davis claims), Mescal Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10037113
MRDS ID #M030467.
 
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