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Bechererite from
Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bechererite
Formula:Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Boleite
Paratacamite
Rosasite
Smithsonite
Willemite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bechererite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1804
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1804:3
GUID (UUID V4):808dab46-8c8b-4d90-92d2-9cdeb6e38f65
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Valley, Arizona 85737 rggibbs@cybermesa.com MARk ASCHeR 3446 n. Calle largo Tucson, Arizona 85750 mascherm@q...the Tonopah-Belmont mine, prepared by william Besse. Figure 2 (below). View of Belmont Mountain from...of the Tonopah-Belmont mine. All photos by Ron Gibbs Microminerals of the Tonopah-Belmont Mine Big Horn...Horn Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona T he Tonopah-Belmont mine is home to one of Arizona’s more...type locality for the copper-zinc species bechererite. The mine is located in the Big Horn Mountains about
Report (issue)
Bechererite Zn7 Cu[SiO(OH)3]SO4 (OH)13 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...377(1) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona, USA. 7.37 (100), 2.556 (50), 3.282 (30)...6 60.6 [15.2] Total [100.0] (1) Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, average...base-metal deposit (Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona, USA); a post-mine mineral (Frongoch mine, Wales). Association:...smithsonite, paratacamite, boleite (Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona, USA); susannite, hemimorphite, namuwite
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1996 Bechererite,(Zn,Cu).Zn (OH)"[(S,Si)(O,OH).|', a novel mineral speciesfrom the Tonopah-Belmontmine...Tonopah-Belmontmine, Arizona BRANxoRrpcx Gnnu,o Grnsrpn,c,f,ro Institut fiir Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Geozentrum...found on dump material from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A. It occurs as thin elongated...4 2 . 1 ( l [)t , 7 : atomic arrangement of bechererite is characterizedby sheetsof edge-sharingoctahedra...A complex system ofhydrogen bonds occurs in bechererite. INrnoouc-1rox Anunknownmineralwasnoticedin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Queen Creek, Arizona 85142 raycyn@cox.net HARVEY JONG 1777 N. Central Drive Chandler, Arizona 85224 harvey@digipan...harvey@digipan.com Arizona T Type Minerals here are about 880 mineral species reported from Arizona. Of these...type or cotype minerals (they were first found in Arizona). This article presents a short description of...type locality for each. Of the type minerals of Arizona, 49 are named for people, and 17 are named for...Association (IMA) as new species with type localities in Arizona. Because the original scientific descriptions have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal structureof bechereritefrom the Tonopah-Belmontmine, Arizona, was reinvestigatedusing a single-crystal...the previously reported centric structure(P3), bechererite is composedof (001) brucite-like sheetsformed...spectroscopy. INrnooucrror.l ExpnmlrnnrAI. Bechererite was recently described (Giester and Rieck 1996)...secondarymineral from the dumps of the Tonopah-Belmont mine (Arizona). The trigonal crystals with greenishhue...10 14s05.00 METHoDS A pyramidal crystal of bechererite,0.140 mm long and 0.037 mm wide at the base,was
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(u. a. EMGE-Baugesellschaft m.b.H., Wien; Cypros Mining Cooperation, Nikosia; Bleiberger Bergwerks-Union...Nr. 1, 17-23. GIESTER, G. & RIECK, B. (1996): Bechererite, (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2, a novel mineral...mineral species from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona. - Amer. Min. 81, 244-248. GREEN, D. I., RUST...(1996): Classic British mineral localities: Frongoch mine, Dyfed. UK Journ. of Mines & Minerals 17, 29-38...GIESTER, G. (1997): Acentric structure (P3) of bechererite, Zn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3SO4]. - Amer. Min. 82, 1014-1018
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from slag from the Hegeler Zinc smelter, Illinois (USA) Nadine M. Piatak *, Robert R. Seal II US Geological...Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...former Hegeler Zn-smelting facility in Illinois (USA) is mainly composed of spinifex Ca-rich plagioclase...significant component of the waste produced by the mining of metals. It is commonly either dumped on site...Hegeler Zn-smelting facility in Vermillion County, Illinois (USA), encompasses approximately 0.4 km2 and
Journal (volume)
and yellow zoning from the find at Rodderup Fell Mine in the early 1930’s Photo G. Scovil WANTED! We...Pyromorphite on plumbogummite from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Photo: David Green. The...of interest to mineral­ ogists, collectors, and mining histo­ rians. Contributions or suggestions for...------ 9 -------------------------- Rogerley Mine Jesse Fisher • Lindsay Greenbank MARKETING Peter...Green -------------------------------- 37 Bechererite The views and opinions expressed in this Journal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6-4H20, a new mineral from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece G. Giester 1, B. Rieck 1, and F. Brandst~tter...discovered in 1995 in the Km3-area of the Lavrion mining district, Greece. It forms tiny euhedral plates, commonly...abandoned adit in the Km3-area of the Lavrion mining district on the Attica peninsula in Greece (Fig. 1)...constituents are known to occur at the Lavrion mining district, there are at least 5 Cd-bearing species known...highest metal values, and the targets for ancient mining, are in the footwall of a mica schist that separates
Journal (issue)
articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...andis reproduced withtheirpermission. UK Journal of Mine~ & Mincr.,b No. 28 -4- Although he appreciated...had specimens of all the minerals found in the county. Peter was initially under the impression it was
Journal (issue)
babbeltje... Deze maand wordt osarizawaiet van Arizona aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...Shannon, 1942-2004, op 2 januari overleden in Arizona Geonieuws 29(3), maart 2004 55 Zaterdag 13...specimen fakes and forgeries 9-20 The Rogerley mine, Weardale, County Durham, England 21-26 The distribution...The occurrence of bechererite in the British Isles.39- chalcophanite from Drogsol mine, Ponterwyd, Ceredigion...portable XRF within an early nineteenth century cobalt mine on Alderley Edge, Cheshire * MAGAZINE DU 4M 24(237)
Journal (issue)
Caverns en het Shenandoah National Park, Vlrginla, USA door de heer P+ Ven hee Zaterdaq 7 september 199...een brief van Excalibur Mineral Company (New York, USA) met de mededelin g dat onze opmerking m .b .t. het...uitstraling van MKA rijkte tot in Denver, Colorado, USA . maar werd ook dichterbi j Geonieuws 21(7), september..."Reinaert " Sep Okt Nov Dec Eigen vondsten in de Mine de I'Etoile, Shaba, Zaire en Uraniumminerale n (P...murmaniet, Kola Feb : augeliet, Canada Mrt : beaveriet, USA Apr : rhodiziet, Rusland Jun . allaniet-(Ce), Frankrijk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/02 $22.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...CA 94720, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (Received...(McCarroll et al., 1957; Ansell and Katz, 1966), and bechererite (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si) (O,OH)4]2 (Giester and...3.39 T-T (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 (bechererite) 6 4 1/3 3.175 O-O 3.554 T-O 3.524 T-T 3.06...concentrations required but may have relevance to mine waste dumps where moderate pH levels obtain and
Report (chapter)
O)3, gordaite, [Zn4(OH)6Cl(SO4)][Na(H2O)6], bechererite, [Zn7Cu2+(OH)13{(SiO(OH)3}(SO4)], and ramsbeckite...corner-sharing of tetrahedra of adjacent sheets (bechererite and ramsbeckite, Figs. 27g and 27h,i, respectively)...dumps at Val Varenna, Italy, in association with bechererite (Burns et al. 1998). The structures of other...47 Figure 27, cont’d. (g) The structure of bechererite; the octahedral–tetrahedral sheet in (h) ramsbeckite...coquimbite (7) goldichite (11) klebelsbergite (16) bechererite (9) corkite (10) goslarite (5) kleinite (18)
Journal (issue)
The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 FAX: 520-544-0815 Editorial...AZ 85741. Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, Arizona and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send...Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from...from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815 •Individuals...Mandarino Famous mineral localities: The Annaberg District, Lower A u stria ...............................s Stope, 9641 East Hickory Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85749; (520) 760-1501; e-mail: jmcglasson@theriver...(President, IMDEX, Inc., P.O. Box 65538, Tucson, Arizona 85728; (520) 529-2231; e-mail: pmegaw@imdex.com)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815 •Individuals...many fluorites, especially from the W illiam Wise mine in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. A woodworker since...was caretaker of 362 the famous Kelly mine, M agdalena district (see vol. 20, no. 1, p. 13-24), for over...in the 1970’s. From 1994 until his death he was Mine Marshall at the Kelly under its new owner, Millenium
Book (edition)
Glossary-Mlneralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson,Arizona 85740 U.S.A. On tbe Cover: Cumengeiteepitactically...(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island),
Book
variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil
Report (volume)
agriculture to reduce alkalinity in soils. At many mining sites, the extraction and processing of coal or...and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...role of soluble sulfate minerals formed from acid mine drainage (and its natural equivalent, acid rock...of mineral deposits and of waste materials from mining and mineral processing. This volume compiles and................ 230 Ordovician-Devonian Roberts Mountain allochthon, Nevada ..........................
 
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