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Labradorite from
Black Mountain, Sierrita Mountains, San Xavier (Tohono O'odom) Indian Reservation, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Comments:Plagioclase in the andesine-labradorite range. Phenocrysts to 2 inches in intrusive & flow porphyritic rocks, locally termed 'Turkey Track' porphyry.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Mountain, Sierrita Mountains, San Xavier (Tohono O'odom) Indian Reservation, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:208393
Long-form Identifier:1:3:208393:3
GUID (UUID V4):dcb2e40b-5e64-4b89-a51b-41f4209c18c5
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
59.1km (36.7 miles) Mineta Ridge area, Rincon Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
80.1km (49.7 miles) Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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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...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/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
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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)
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Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...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
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS A Range Guide...a grain of salt. Although some great mines of Arizona, California, Idaho, and Nevada may havebeen discovered...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where
 
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