Baryte from
Bagdad Mine (Bagdad Copper Corp. Mine; Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. Mine), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Bagdad Mine (Bagdad Copper Corp. Mine; Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. Mine), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:	Occurs in small pockets in fractured quartz monzonite (blue-white); in veins carrying galena and sphalerite (cream-colored).
Habit:	Small, platy
Colour:	Bluish-white, cream-colored
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 129; Anderson, C.A., et al (1955), Geology and ore deposits of the Bagdad area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 278: 48; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 57; Anderson, C.A. (1950), Alteration and metallization in the Bagdad porphyry copper deposit, AZ, Econ.Geol.: 45: 609-628.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Galena Sphalerite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Bagdad Mine (Bagdad Copper Corp. Mine; Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. Mine), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
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