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Cerussite from
Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Comments:From the roof in the inner part of the south tunnel and adjacent parts of the crosscuts hang great masses of closely spaced, acicular or filiform (jackstrawed), silky, white cerussite about a foot in length, for which this mine is famous.
Habit:Jackstrawed sheaves of needle-like & pencil-like crystal aggregates
Colour:White
Luminescent properties:Whitish (SW).
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Minium
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Limoniteβ“˜2 photos of Cerussite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Psilomelaneβ“˜2 photos of Cerussite associated with Psilomelane at this locality.
Hematiteβ“˜1 photo of Cerussite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cerussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (94 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21578
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21578:1
GUID (UUID V4):89cdf1dc-4204-4599-8622-efe29c3801c9
Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite
1.8km (1.1 miles) β“˜World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) β“˜Josephine Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) β“˜Humboldt Mine, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) β“˜January & Norton Mine group (January and Norton Mine group), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) β“˜Lead Queen Mine (Golden Rose; Mono Mine), Buffalo Mine group (Jefferson group), Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) β“˜Domino Mine (Old Chief Mine), Domino Mine group, Cumero Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) β“˜Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) β“˜Hardshell Mine (Manto Mine; Eagle-Picher properties), Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) β“˜Christmas Gift Mine (Horseshoe Mine; Hardtmayer property; Gypsy Mine; Bland property; Rhea group; Lucky Horseshoe group), Red Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) β“˜Sonoita prospect, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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