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Sphalerite from
Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:A moderately common sulfide mineral in skarn.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grossular2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Grossular at this locality.
Bornite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Bornite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130525
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130525:8
GUID (UUID V4):85e513ec-dd53-4c8a-88b1-0a89ab6a7b1a
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Adjust Mine (Adjust group; Mellor claims; Little Treasure Mine; Blue Bird vein; Silver Cross claims; Laurence Mine; Old Odell), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Saddle Mountain Mine group (Lola claims; Gila Copper Sulphide Co. property; Dye vein), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Dripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 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
20.5km (12.8 miles) Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) Elder Gulch prospects, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.4km (13.3 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, Pinal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) Old Ripsey Mine (Ripsey Mine; Ripsey Canyon Mine; MS 1261a claim), Ripsey Wash, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
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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
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA BY CLYDE P. ROSS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Older Tertiary stratified rocks_________________ __ Gila conglomerate________-_ _ _ __ Quaternary alluvium____...___ Mines and prospects. _ __ _ _ ______ Adjust mine.__ ___ ___ ______!____________ Saddle Mountain group______________...group______________!____________________ Little Treasure mine.__ _______________________ Lee group_____ _____...Faull group___________________________:______ Christmas mine__ ___ ____ ___________________ Mellor prospect__
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Report (issue)
Elements in Molybdenite from the Christmas Mine Area, Gila County, Arizona Randolph A. Koski Open-File...molybdenite samples from the Christmas mine area, Gila County, Arizona, have been analyzed by instrumental...more of the samples. GEOLOGY OF THE CHRISTMAS DEPOSIT The Christmas porphyry copper deposit (Eastlick...the southern Dripping Spring Mountains. The Christmas stock is one of numerous calc-alkaline intrusions...metals occur along this zone northwest of the Christmas mine area (see Banks and Krieger, 1977). Hydrothermal
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Report (issue)
Geology of the Christmas Copper Mine, Gila County Arizona By NELS P. PETERSON and ROGER W. SWANSON A... 1027-H An exploration of the ore deposits, in mine workings and by diamond drilling UNITED STATES...______________^_ _.____.____ Description of the mine workings-___________________________________ Ge... 43. Geologic map of the Christmas area. Composite map of Christmas mine. Geologic map of 300 level...B-B' through No. 4 shaft. Sections through the Christmas mine. Correlation chart of ore-bearing beds in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
255-270 SkarnGenesisat the ChristmasMine, Gila County,Arizona D^wI) V. P•RR¾ Abstract The Christmasmine...providingemploymentduring the period of residence at Christmas. Numerous discussions with December1965 through...--Thispaper is an abridgment spiration geologists at Christmas were of great beneof a doctoral dissertationsubmittedto...of the Geology Department of the University of Arizona. The study was conductedunder the securedthe initial...and unconsolidated alluvium ARIZONA PHOENIX ß ß GLOBE ß CHRISTMAS MINE cov- ers portionsof the flanks
Report (issue)
listing and map showing molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt /, Stanley B. Keith !/, and Ted...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Minerals Technology a_ division of The University of Arizona This...listing and map showing molybdenum occurences in Arizona by_ Jan C. Wilt, Stanley B. Keith, and Ted G. Theodore...molybdenum occurrences throughout Arizona prepared in part by the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology...SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicatefrom Christmas,Arizona SIoNBvA. WIt-ltnus Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona 85607 Abstract...Abstract Arizona,whereit is alteredtactitezoneat Christmas, Junitoiteoccursin the retrogressively is closelytied...to a tyrolite-likephase.Foundas large down of sphalerite c r y s t a l(s4 - 5 m m ) ,s p g r ( m e a s...fractureswhere they cut pods of disseminated sphalerite. Typically it is seen as sprays of crystalsembeddedin...the open pit of the Christmas mine, a porphyry copper deposit in Gila County, Arizona. After the initial
Report (volume)
Geology of the Christmas Quadrangle Gila and Final Counties Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1161-E...1161-E Geology of the Christmas Quadrangle Gila and Final Counties Arizona By RONALD WILLDEN CONTRIBUTIONS...containing some major copper deposits of southeastern Arizona UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Quaternary rocks______________________________________ Gila Conglomerate___________________________________________...______________________________________________________ Christmas mine__--____________-__---___-_-__--_______________
Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
Report (issue)
nlirttltttu iullrtitt ARIZONA BUfiEAU OF MINES ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART II ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES...to Residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED BY 1!tuiurrllUy 11f 1\ri~11utt TUCSON, ARIZONA TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................... History of Mining .................................. _..... _.......................................... Torn Scott Mine ..... _.............................................................................. Silver Bill Mine ._ ... _.......................................
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La Gila Range and elsewhere. ANDRADITE. See Garnet. ANGLESITE...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which...ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals...30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with...each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
Catalog/List
SOME TIME OFF WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, ANO Will N.QI BE PACKING ORDERS FROM...$10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wiscon�in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...PSEUOOMORPHSAFTER ARAGON/TE!!! Coro Coro, La Pa:t District, Bolivia: Really interesting little critters from...internet sites earlier this week at $25.00 each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEM...Seaman Minera� Museum in Houghto�, �ichigan. �he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper
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
Report (issue)
ALTERATIONMINERALIZATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AT THE CHRISTMAS MINE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Randolph Allan Koski Open-File...standards ABSTRACT The Christmas copper deposit, located in southern Gil a County, Arizona, is part of the major...province of southwestern North America. Although Christmas is known for skarn deposits in Paleozoic carbonate...alteration-mineralization in the igneous rock environment at Christmas. At the southeast end of the Dripping Spring Mountains...and the mineralized Christmas intrusive complex. Rocks of the elongate Christmas stock, intruded along
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Report (volume)
Bulletin 763 ARAVAIPA AND STANLEY MINING DISTEICTS GKAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA BY CLYDE P. ROSS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...rocks__ _ 25 _ _ ._ Miocene (?) strata _ 29 Gila conglomerate____________ ____ _ ' \ , \ Quaternary...enrichment___________ - ________ 72 Aravaipa mining district 76 General features_______________________________...Leasing Co.'s property- __ 86 La Clede mine _ 86 Silver Coin mine __ _________ 87 Tenstrike group _ _ _______...Royal Tinto Mining & Smelting Co __ 92 C. A. Firth group ___ _ _________ 95 Aravaipa Mining Co _____ 95
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class mining districts could have been chosen for this issue’s...Included might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic, beautifully...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...the Harborside open pit of Callahan Mining Company, Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite
 
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