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Bravoite from
Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite var: Bravoite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)S2
Comments:As cores of cubic pyrite crystals with siegenite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Pyrite
Siegenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bravoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246484:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bravoite
21.0km (13.0 miles) ⓘPinyon Plain Mine, Tusayan, Francis Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘMohawk Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
77.2km (48.0 miles) ⓘMohawk Canyon pipe (Collapse feature 494), Mohawk Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
References
(United States), 25(CONF-9305259-).
Gornitz, V., et al (1988), Origin of the Orphan Mine breccia pipe uranium deposit, Grand Canyon, AZ, Process Mineralogy VII: Applications to Mineral Benficiation Technology and Mineral Exploration, A.H. Vassiliou, Hausen, D.M., and Carson, D.J.T., editors, The Metallurgical Society, Warrendale, PA: 281-301.
Wenrich, K. J., & Hlava, P. F. (1993). Nickel-cobalt-iron-copper sulfides and arsenides in solution-collapse breccia pipes, northwestern Arizona. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs
Gornitz, V. (2004), Grand Canyon Uranium: The Orphan Mine, Mineral News: 20(6): 1 & 3-5, 7..
Van Gosen, Bradley S.; Hall, Susan M.; Johnson, Craig A.; Benzel, William M. (2025) Solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits of the southern Colorado Plateau, northwestern Arizona, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 181. 106590 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106590
 
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