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

Description
Comments:	An tentatively identified component of clay aggregates and films along fractures and faults above the primary sulfide zone (montmorillonite-saponite group ?).
Colour:	Greenish to yellow-brown
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Unconfirmed/Questioned
References
References:	Anderson, C.A., et al (1955), Geology and ore deposits of the Bagdad area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 278: 51.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Kaolinite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Saponite 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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