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Arsenolite from
Exchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenolite
Formula:As2O3
Comments:Post-mining product (anthropomorphic in origin). Crystals to ½ inch (1.25 cm) diameter formed on dumps by addition of water to burning enargite ore.

No arsenolite here (contradiction in literature) - see https://www.mindat.org/mesg-515208.html
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Exchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:961
Long-form Identifier:1:3:961:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenolite
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘMonitor Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
76.1km (47.3 miles) ⓘOphir Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 76
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Committee, FM Locality Index, Kampf, Anthony R. (1989) California Locality Index. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 129-142
 
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