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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ruizite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130531
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130531:9
GUID (UUID V4):94f532c0-266e-4bc1-97fe-230afee4901e
Localities for Wollastonite in this Region
Dripping Springs Mountains Garnet deposit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Dripping Springs Mountains Garnet deposit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) Resolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
75.9km (47.1 miles) Victory and Eldorado Mines (Arizona Asbestos Association; Chrysotile Mines; Ash Creek Deposits; Victory Mine; Victory deposit; El Dorado Mine), Chrysotile area, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
80.9km (50.2 miles) Big Bug claims, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) Seneca prospect (Seneca Iron prospect; Accident claim; Accident group), Seneca, Gila County, Arizona, USA
85.2km (53.0 miles) Canadian Mines (Asbestos King Mine), Mule Hoof Bend (Oxbow Bend), Salt River, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849 cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach, much...and quantity of mineral specimens produced by Arizona. Its wide variety of economic mineral deposits...state, many of which have names uniquely linked to Arizona places and people (see Grant and Jong in this issue)...named for one of the earliest explorers to document mining of the state’s rich silver ores. The mineral, first...figure on the Sonora-Arizona-California frontier. Consequently, in keeping with the Arizona theme of the 2012
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
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 (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
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
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...the open pit of the Christmas mine, a porphyry copper deposit in Gila County, Arizona. After the initial...markedly from the usual tactites occurring at Christmas,however, for they have suffered very strong retrograde...The tactite originally consisted of garnet, wollastonite, and diopside, with minor vesuvianite,scatteredin
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)
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
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 (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)
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)
Mineral Occurrences in the National Forests of Arizona Compiled by Brenda B. Houser1 Open File Report...MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ARIZONA This map shows the locations of quarries, mines...within the boundaries of the National Forests in Arizona. The map was prepared as part of a mineral resource...tabulation of industrial mineral occurrences in Arizona and from Bates (1969). Geologic contacts are from...Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Arizona Geological Survey (Greta Orris, USGS, oral commun
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicate, originally discovered at the Bawana mine, Beaver County, Utah (Hindman 1976). Its structure was determined...determined on crystalsfrom the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (Hawthorne 1985). The monoclinic... modij2d by (010) and { I l l } . At the Bawana mine, stringhamite occurs with thaumasite on fractures...diopside-magnetite skarn. At the Christmas mine, it is found with wollastonite and whelanite. BRONSON F. STRINGHAM...doing geological field work in the West Tintic district, west of Eureka, Utah. In 1941, he was awarded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona F. P. CESBRON Laboratoire de Minrralogie-Cristallographie...France AND S. A. WILLIAMS BOX 872, Douglas, Arizona 856o7, USA SUMMARY. Both new species are retrograde...that occur in tactites at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (USA). Gilalite is green, H = 2, D...Cu95iloO29" IIH20. Occurrence. The Christmas mine in Gila County, Arizona, is a porphyry copper deposit producing...metamorphism to the assemblage garnet-diopside-wollastonite. The deposit has been described in detail by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H)3(H2O)2, an (old) new mineral from the Bawana mine, Milford, Utah Anthony R. Kampf,1,* Stuart J. Mills...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...diopside–garnet–magnetite skarn at the Bawana mine, Beaver County, Utah, and has also been confirmed to occur...occur at other localities. At the Bawana mine, it is found as irregular clusters and radial aggregates...linked to one another by sharing corners with wollastonite-like silicate chains running parallel [010]
Report (issue)
c = 9.03{9.064 X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 11.95 (100), 4.19 (70), 3.12 (60), 5.09...Total 99.13 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; SiO2 by solvent extraction, Mn and Ca...conditions (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Apophyllite, kinoite, junitoite, wollastonite, grossular...chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite, smectite (Christmas, Arizona, USA); apophyllite, pectolite, datolite, inesite...(Wessels mine, South Africa). Distribution: In the Christmas copper mine, Christmas, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
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
Journal (issue)
Hal Empie, "drug-store cartoonist" of Duncan, Arizona. Mrs. Mosley found the young man jerking sodas...usually followed by traditional dances. 6 "Old Christmas," Feast of the Three Kings. Performances of Los...Springs, California. 31-FEB. 1 Gila River Round-up at Safford, Arizona. Ski competition on weekends throughout...Desert Magazine readers . . . 32 LANDMARK Old Arizona Prison By SARA E. BADGLEY and V. G. YEAGER . 34...34 CONTEST Prize announcement for January 35 MINING Briefs from the desert region 36 NEWS Here and There
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA. 3.013 (100), 6.79 (52)...7.41 100.00 (1) Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA; electron microprobe analysis...goethite, magnetite, tenorite, chrysocolla (Bawana mine); gilalite, ruizite, stringhamite, tobermorite,...bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, quartz, wollastonite (Christmans mine); apophyllite, lepidocrocite, stringhamite...vesuvianite, wollastonite, grossular, cerussite, nasonite (Crestmore). Distribution: From the Bawana mine, Rocky
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 ....................................
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
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
 
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