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Actinolite from
Boggs Mine (Boggs Patented 908 claim), Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Comments:Fibrous; radial aggregates with bournonite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bournonite
Chalcopyrite
Pyrite
Quartz
Siderite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boggs Mine (Boggs Patented 908 claim), Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49768
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49768:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘIron Queen Mine (Patented claims MS 1633), Boggs flat, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘHalf Moon Mine (Halfmoon prospect; Payoff group), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘBinghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘStoddard Mine (Patented claims MS 439-440), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘTri-Metals Mine, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine and Quarry; Patented claims 1528; Blue Coat vein; Blue Buck claim), Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘDe Soto Mine (Patented claims MS 1462 & 1463; Copper Link; Whale), Battle Flat, Peck Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘVerde Village - S of, Cottonwood, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
58.2km (36.1 miles) ⓘBuena Vista claim, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Dana 7:I:408-409.
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 26, 36
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 28
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 92.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.144
 
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