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Acanthite from
Last Chance Mine, Apache No. 2 Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Shaft
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Apache No. 2 Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1357867
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1357867:1
GUID (UUID V4):316a0444-26b5-4bd4-8152-f85544c05b81
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
32.8km (20.4 miles) Calumet Mine, Carrizalillo Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) Gillespie mine, Red Hill District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
64.3km (39.9 miles) Last Chance Mine, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) Leitendorf Mine (Venus Mine; Viola Mine), Pyramid District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) Venus Mine, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Coop Mine (Good Luck Mine), Gold Hill Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) Uncle Sam Mine, Georgetown, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
78.3km (48.6 miles) Uncle Sam Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) Charles Mine, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) Blackman Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
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leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...location must be individually researched because it may no longer be accessible or even exist. In compiling...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...also listed. No attempt was made to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of
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mines dating back at least six ric system (4/m 3 2/m), and crystals thousand years. For centuries it...specifically that portion domCrystals rarely exceed 2 cm on edge. inated by the great Andes Mountains. Consequently...untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly, silver has...arid Geography at Auburn University, Auburn, Figure 2. A magnificent 12.2-cm-highsilver with rhodochrosite... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal
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Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...States of America 00 99 98 97 96 95 6 5 4 3 2 I Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication...to the First and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll
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Creede The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located at a...well-known mines as the Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small...small settlement to a town of more than    96*2: 405,9(3: ten thousand people in just a few short...assortment of Wild West characters who gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially...and turned Creede into one of the last notorious Wild West silver mining camps that brought fortune to some
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across, Up to Date mine, Bald Mountain, Caribou area, Grand Island district, Boulder County. Specimen owner...California, San Diego] at 12:38 29 June 2016 Figure 2: The three portions (Front Range, central, and San...a major factor influencing the precipitation of new mineral suites. Third, time and the rate of erosion...generally agreed that the period of time since the last glacial period is too short for much oxidation to...minerals of the deposit and in the process form new, silver-enriched, replacement mineral assemblages
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4 . Pn 2 \ - =i: =o = ¥ re = * ai Po “ Ng = 7 | 5 : y _ . = . 2 4 a ® é ~...% i 2 7f 1 - , a,zy MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo...Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution. Formerly in the Arthur Montgomery collection;...the First and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.
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McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Gemstones and Lapidary Materials of Arizona 11 2. Fluorescent Minerals in Arizona 27 3. Arizona Mineral...and George V. Polman for helpful review of chapter 2 Ken Rippere for critical reading of the manuscript... MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION Introduction Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since...Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous
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Sidney A, Williams, and Richard A. Bideaux • NO LONGER THE PROPERTY OF THE .U~'V~~~ff~ 0.C D.?~•...thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona 111inerals which appear in this volume. For
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Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard A, Bideaux NO LON T HE PROPERTY AiVEirGy(EYRT oF THE Q! creonl... Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position
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Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...Contents 2 Introduc�on 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close...“Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger!” 9
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Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...Contents 2 Introduc�on 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close...“Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger!” 9
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Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...Contents 2 Introduc�on 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close...“Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger!” 9
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