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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Common constituent of hornfels & skarn mineral with tremolite in lower part of Martin orebody.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Duftite
Grossular
Phlogopite
Quartz
Ruizite
Scawtite
Talc
Tremolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130509
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130509:8
GUID (UUID V4):4e5b0613-21b4-4b41-9379-c721179fd3fe
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
4.8km (3.0 miles) Chilito Mine (Chillito Mine; Schneider group; Sioux group; Southwest Inspiration property; Copper States Mining Co. property; Velasco pit), Schneider Hill, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
35.8km (22.2 miles) Stanley Butte, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) Resolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) Landsman claim, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
96.0km (59.7 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect 118-16, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
99.4km (61.8 miles) Unnamed copper mine, Deer Creek, Rincon Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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
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)
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)
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)
/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)
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
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...originally consisted of garnet, wollastonite, and diopside, with minor vesuvianite,scatteredin a calcitic
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)
ALTERATIONMINERALIZATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AT THE CHRISTMAS MINE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Randolph Allan Koski Open-File...standards ABSTRACT The Christmas copper deposit, located in southern Gil a County, Arizona, is part of the major...province of southwestern North America. Although Christmas is known for skarn deposits in Paleozoic carbonate...alteration-mineralization in the igneous rock environment at Christmas. At the southeast end of the Dripping Spring Mountains...and the mineralized Christmas intrusive complex. Rocks of the elongate Christmas stock, intruded along
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
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
Catalog/List
1077 ■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 220 ■ CLINOSAFFLORITE Capitol Mine. Gowganda, Ontario.Canada...CurichAdamile 766 ■ DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro crystals...lxl£6 CuSi0 .. - - -- -·- 131 ■ DOLOMITE Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria FERROAN DOLOMITE, rich...massive lxl £1 lx2 £2 2x2 £5 104 ■ EMMONSITE Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico Green crusts on matrix. quite...2x2 £ I O 1097 ■ BARYTES ROSE Nonnan .Oklahoma. USA Single red-brown flower-like , replaced by sandstone
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...tactites during metamorphism to the assemblage garnet-diopside-wollastonite. The deposit has been described in
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.... At the Bawana mine, stringhamite occurs with thaumasite on fractures in a diopside-magnetite skarn...skarn. At the Christmas mine, it is found with wollastonite and whelanite. BRONSON F. STRINGHAM spent most...doing geological field work in the West Tintic district, west of Eureka, Utah. In 1941, he was awarded
Report (issue)
» 90± Z = [4] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 13.4 (100), 7.786 (50), 4.790 (40), 3...Total 98.9 100.00 44.97 14.26 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two closely agreeing analyses...¯lling cracks or interstices in diopside grains (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Kinoite, apachite...clinohedrite, xonotlite, diopside, apophyllite, calcite, tobermorite (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., and the Lonestar [ckname??] deposit, near Sa®ord, Graham Co
Catalog/List
ferroedenite ✓767 ■■ 62 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA / ' Blue -green veinlets with...inches across £10 766 ■■ DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gita County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro crystals...£24 Hydrocarbon 1129 ■■ ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained mass like...crystal. ½"£6 5mm£3 · AgFeS 768 ■■ AXINITE Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture,Japan Brown mass, with one or two...interest. ½" £3 Ix! £5 lx2 £8 1 ■ BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales rich brown mass with red-grey HEMATITE
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
Catalog/List
SOME TIME OFF WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, ANO Will N.QI BE PACKING ORDERS FROM...$10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wiscon�in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...PSEUOOMORPHSAFTER ARAGON/TE!!! Coro Coro, La Pa:t District, Bolivia: Really interesting little critters from...internet sites earlier this week at $25.00 each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEM...Seaman Minera� Museum in Houghto�, �ichigan. �he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper
Catalog/List
AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep blue...00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of fine...2X2 inch specimens: $5.00 each CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species
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...assemblage under oxidizing conditions (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Apophyllite, kinoite, junitoite...grossular, diopside, vesuvianite, calcite, chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite, smectite (Christmas, Arizona...Arizona, USA); apophyllite, pectolite, datolite, inesite, orientite, quartz (Wessels mine, South Africa).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Christmas, Arizona S. A. WILLIAMSAND M. DUGGAN Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona, U.S...calc-silicate assemblage at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona. Occurs with kinoite, apophyllite...Mammoth, Arizona. D u RI YG the course of investigation ofjunitoite at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona...Better samples were quickly found by Dave Cook, the mine geologist. Since subsequent study showed it to be...in the mineralogy of the Christmas mine. Ruizite is a b u n d a n t at the mine. Type specimens will be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sodic-Calcic Family of Alteration in Porphyry Systems of Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico Simone E. Runyon,1,2,3...E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071-2000, USA 2 Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution...5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, D.C., 20015, USA 3 Lowell 4 Department Institute for Mineral Resources...Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth St., Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, USA of Earth and Atmospheric...districts with Laramide porphyry systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Previously undocumented Na-Ca alteration
Catalog/List
TO SCOTT WILLIAMS MINERAL 457 • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 COMPANY 85252 SOUTHWEST...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE
 
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