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Nontronite from
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Nontronite
Formula:Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Comments:Occurs in hydrothermally altered quartz monzonite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nontronite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47207:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nontronite
30.2km (18.7 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘFriend Mine (Copper Range group; Blake and Warren; McIntosh and Stevens), Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘRed Bluff Mine (Red Bluff prospect; Red Bluff claims; Claim MS 4788), Warm Spring Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
64.8km (40.3 miles) ⓘCopper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘHope Mine (Hope deposit), Rose Creek Lodge area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Schwartz, George Melvin (1952) Chlorite-calcite pseudomorphs after orthoclase phenocrysts, Ray, Arizona. Economic Geology, 47 (6) 665-672 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.47.6.665
Jones, Robert W., Wilson, Wendell E. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: The Ray Mine [Arizona]. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (5) 311-322
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.315
 
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