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Arsenopyrite from
United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Comments:Occurs sparingly as small crystals throughout the orebody.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193425
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193425:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Arsenopyrite in this Region
North Ore Body, United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘShea Mine (Shea property), Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘCobalt Mine (Cobalt shaft; Cobalt prospect; Walker prospect [?]), Grapevine Gulch, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘIron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented claim 1714; Patented claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘBinghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘMcCabe-Gladstone Mine (McCabe Mine; Gladstone Mine; Monopolist claim; Sink To Rise claim; Gladstone claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘBoggs Mine (Boggs Patented 908 claim), Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘButternut Mine (Claims MS 1434 and 3768; Good Luck group), Big Bug, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
38.7km (24.0 miles) ⓘPentland Mine (Arizona Copper property), Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘSheldon Mine (Sheldon Superior; Chase property; Black Lode claim; Chase Mine; Capital vein; French Sheldon; Cresent; Patented claims MS 1173; 1354; 1355; 1359; 2360 & 3287), Walker, Walker Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 29, 61-78
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153, Minerals of AZ: 24.
Anderson, C.A. & S.C. Creasey (1958), Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai Co., AZ, USGS PP 308: 92, 116
Econ Geol. (1992) 87:29-49
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.120
 
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