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Wherryite from
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

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Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
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Description
Type Locality:Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Wherryite
Comments:Occurs in small vugs on 760 level with associated minerals.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 632; Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 141, 419; Fahey, J.J., et al (1950), Wherryite, a new mineral from the Mammoth mine, AZ, American Mineralogist: 35: 93-98; Bideaux, R.A. (1980), Tiger, AZ, Mineralogical Record: 11: 155-181; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 67.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Anglesite
Cerussite
Chrysocolla
Diaboleite
Hydrocerussite
Leadhillite
Matlockite
Paralaurionite
Phosgenite
Yedlinite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wherryite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
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