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Goethite from
Lakeshore Mine, North Komelik area, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lakeshore Mine, North Komelik area, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:563766
Long-form Identifier:1:3:563766:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘSilver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘIndiana-Arizona Mine, Indiana-Arizona Mine group (Carbonate group), Waterman Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘSacaton Mine, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘMildren Mine (Mildren claim; Mildred Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) ⓘWeldon Mine, Ben Nevis Mountain, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘSteppe Mine (Steppe claim; Little Mary Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect 120-14, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect 120-13, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
92.3km (57.3 miles) ⓘNew Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
297-309
Afifi, Abdulkader M., Kelly, William C., Essene, Eric J. (1988) Phase relations among tellurides, sulfides, and oxides; Pt. II, Applications to telluride-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 83 (2) 395-404 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.2.395
Ilton, Eugene S.; Veblen, David R. (1993) Origin and mode of copper enrichment in biotite from rocks associated with porphyry copper deposits: a transmission electron microscopy investigation. Economic Geology, 88 (4). 885-900 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.88.4.885
 
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