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

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

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

Wulfenite

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

Wulfenite

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

Wulfenite, etc.

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

Wulfenite

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

Wulfenite

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

Wulfenite, etc.

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

Wulfenite

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

Wulfenite

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

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Wulfenite
Formula:	Pb(MoO₄)
Comments:	Fragile and transparent yellow crystals up to 2 inches across. Some coated & replaced by chrysocolla; transparent crystals; occurs sparingly and irregularly throughout the oxidized zone.
Habit:	Unflawed crystals to 2 inches on edge.
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Chrysocolla Descloizite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphite	86
Calcite	32
Chrysocolla	31
Rosasite	20
Mimetite	15
Aurichalcite	12
Goethite	12
Quartz	11
Cerussite	11
Smithsonite	9
Descloizite	8
Mottramite	6
Psilomelane	4
Malachite	2
Kaolinite	2
Fornacite	1
Fluorite	1
Pyromorphite	1
Murdochite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (139 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	22684
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:22684:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Wulfenite in this Region
McHur property, 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite

0.1km (0.0 miles)	ⓘ McHur property, 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles)	ⓘ Finch Mine, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Overland Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles)	ⓘ London-Arizona Mine (London-Arizona Consolidated Mine), Tornado Peak, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles)	ⓘ Premier property (Premier group; Santa Monica Camp; Santa Montica Camp), Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles)	ⓘ C and B Mine (C & B Mine; Vanadium Mine), Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles)	ⓘ Cowboy Mine, Dripping Springs, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles)	ⓘ Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles)	ⓘ North Adit, Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles)	ⓘ Ninety-One Mine, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Ross, Clyde P. (1925a) Ore deposits of the Saddle Mountain and Banner Mining Districts, Arizona. USGS Bull. 771. *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: 50, 80. 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.*pages 123, 157, 425 Yang, Hexiong, Gibbs, Ronald B., Schwenk, Cody, Xie, Xiande, Gu, Xiangping, Downs, Robert T., Evans, Stanley H. (2021) Liudongshengite, Zn₄Cr₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O, a new mineral of the hydrotalcite supergroup, from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist*, 59 (4) 763-769 doi:10.3749/canmin.2000101

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

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