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Melanterite from
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Comments:Sparingly as encrustations & efflorescences, blankets - floor 5th. level & 6th level, associated with pyrite.
Habit:Short, acicular, prismatic, aggregated into blankets.
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22660
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22660:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion vein system, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
98.8km (61.4 miles) ⓘEl Tiro Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D. (1951, July) Arizona Zinc and Lead Deposits - Part II. University of Arizona Bulletin 158. Arizona Bureau of Mines
Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 61.
Keith, Stanley B. (1972) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit [Arizona]. The Mineralogical Record, 3 (6) 247-264
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.292
 
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