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Acanthite from
Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174792
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174792:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Alto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAlto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘJersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘThree Star prospect (Riquesa Mine), Wandering Jew Mine group (Stars Mine; Old Fort Tumacacori Mine), Apache Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘEureka-Marble Mine group, Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘAugusta Mine (Hosey Mine; Presidential Mine), Hosey Mine group, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘHosey Mine group, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘSalero Mine (Darwin Mine; Constitution Mine), Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘHappy Jack Mine (Mountain View Mine; Clipper Mine; Eclipse Mine), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Empress of India Mine; Queen of Sheba Mine), Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Mine (Commercial Tunnel and Shaft; Ivanhoe 1-8 claims; Commercial 1-6 claims), Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader (1915): 197-203
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur of Mines Bull. 153: 15
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 83 (Table 4)
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.101
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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