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Acanthite from
Dos Oris Mine, Slate Creek, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chlorargyrite
Native Silver
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dos Oris Mine, Slate Creek, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:224527
Long-form Identifier:1:3:224527:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘDavis Mine, Slate Creek, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘWhite Spar Mine (Mountain Star Patented claim; Maggie Patented claim; Patented claims 1570), Congress quadrangle, Martinez Mining District, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘArizona National Mine (Anderson Mine), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘPeck Mine (First Extension of the Peck Gen. No. 93 Patent; Patented claims MS 3142), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘBlack Warrior Mine (Silver Prince Mine; Swastika Mine; Nora B Mine; Kingdon Mine; Curtin MS 653 Patented claim; Patented claims MS 2529), Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘCougar Mine (Patented claim 1111; Hayden shaft; Bond property; Baker shaft), Crown King, Tiger Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘSavoy Mine (Apache Panther Mine; Hilda Mine), Crown King, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Mine (Julian Merger Mining property; Amethyst vein), Morgan Butte, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) ⓘHillside Mine, Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘSilver Cross Mine (Heck claims; Bluerock patented claim; Cave Creek Mine; Cave Creek Gold Mine), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 118-119
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur Mines Bull. 153: 9, 15
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 42
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 101, 170, 373
 
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