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Acanthite from
Richmond Basin, Richmond Basin Mining District, Apache Peaks, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Basin
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Comments:Chief primary mineral with masses to several pounds in weight.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stromeyerite1
Baryte1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richmond Basin, Richmond Basin Mining District, Apache Peaks, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249100
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249100:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘRaven group (Apache group; Windy Hill; Silver Lake; Silver Plume; Old Whelan property), Richmond Basin Mining District, Apache Peaks, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘStonewall Jackson Mine (McMillan Silver Mines group; McMillan-Stonewall Mine; Stonewall Jackson-Little Mac Mine), McMillanville Mining District (McMillanville), Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘRescue Mine (Rescue vein; Rescue patented claim MS 313), Rescue Canyon, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘStonewall Mine (Dime deposit; Stonewall Jackson; Old Stonewall), Dime & Stonewall deposits (Dime-Stonewall veins), Black Peak area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Great Republic Mine; Old Pioneer; White Metal; White Metal Mining Co. claims; Great Republic patent MS 370; Devine property; Pioneer South patent MS 374), Pioneer Mountain, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘSilver Creek Mine (Hanna property; Old McGraw property; Manifest Mining Co. claims), El Capitan Mountain, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘOrphan Boy Mine (Sunset Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 153: 15
 
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