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Wulfenite from
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Habit:Tabular to 2 inches (5 cm) on edge
Colour:Bright red-orange
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Stetefeldtite
Willemite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ131 photos of Wulfenite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ46 photos of Wulfenite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Fluoriteⓘ29 photos of Wulfenite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Mimetiteⓘ23 photos of Wulfenite associated with Mimetite at this locality.
Willemiteⓘ21 photos of Wulfenite associated with Willemite at this locality.
Vanadiniteⓘ13 photos of Wulfenite associated with Vanadinite at this locality.
Mimetite-Vanadinite Series4 photos of Wulfenite associated with Mimetite-Vanadinite Series at this locality.
Goethiteⓘ4 photos of Wulfenite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Galenaⓘ3 photos of Wulfenite associated with Galena at this locality.
Massicotⓘ3 photos of Wulfenite associated with Massicot at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (589 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11943:2
GUID (UUID V4):850d8f24-a812-427d-9084-448a47552497
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPapago Mine (Papago claim), Black Rock Wash, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPacific Mine (Pacific claim), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘSilver Glance Mine (Silver Glance claim), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock Wash, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘHamburg Mine (Hamburg claim; Hamburg prospect; Blake), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘPrincess Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine (Silver King claim), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘDives Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘMelissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘSouth Geronimo Mine (South Geronimo claim), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona Wulfenite KEN BLADH Geology Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 45501 kbladh@wittenberg...localities in Arizona with world-class (best-of-species) specimens of wulfenite. Arizona wulfenite specimens...“best-of-species” Arizona localities, based on the consensus 10   ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Wulfenite, Defiance...Defiance mine, Cochise County. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen, 6 cm wide; Jeff Scovil photo. Dr. Ken Bladh...order, the Defiance mine, the Glove mine, the Hilltop mine, the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Tiger), the Old
Journal (issue)
2572-7486 OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76, No. 5, May, 2017 WULFENITE, PbMoO4, 7cm...7cm, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection, © Jeff Scovil...MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfenite” Heart Shaped Matrix & Wulfenite Crystal, made perfect Wulfenite is Loved...March 22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...MSA Mineral Collection 8 Official Arizona Symbols 9 Arizona Mineral Collector 10 Mystery Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Cambridge] at 13:45 04 June 2016 MINE Figure 1 (above left). Looking north along open...Gilbert, Arizona 85299 Downloaded by [University of Cambridge] at 13:45 04 June 2016 T he Red Cloud mine...mineral localities. Ever since mining began there in the 1870s, its wulfenite has been recognized as something...of mining for silver. Over the past century, however, a lot of effort has been put into this mine by...collector Ed Over proved what the Cloud was capable of in 1938. Today, the Red Cloud is finally in the hands of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...scientifically interesting minerals owe much to the mining industry that extracted these resources for commercial...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic
Journal (issue)
RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Frontcover Wulfenite with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick...Certificate (only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Associate...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions ‱ Individuals...second class postage (USPS-887-700) Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...Madera County, C alifornia............................. 127 by T. Szenics The El Dragon mine, Potosi...Lehrberger & G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district ......................................
Report (issue)
fragrant white pandemonium of blossoms—Springtime in Arizona is great time to be here, considering the weather...example there is new work afoot at the famous Red Cloud mine in the Trigo Mountains, in the southwestern...tell you a little about— New digging for wulfenite at the Red Cloud Terry Szenics wrote in 1975 that “
in...aesthetic appeal, most collectors agree that Red Cloud wulfenite has no equal”—and this judgment prevails...general backgrounds on the history of wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, see the essay by Szenics just quoted
Journal (issue)
January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below)...(below) Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite in Arizona BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 3500 S. Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com...specimen photos by Jeff Scovil Figure 1. Map of Arizona showing noteworthy fluorite localities; prepared...William Besse. W hen one thinks about outstanding Arizona minerals, fluorite may be far down on the species...But Mindat lists no less than 390 localities for Arizona fluorite, distributed among twelve counties, suggesting...(http://mindat.org/fluorite/Arizona; accessed March 2016). The only area in Arizona without much fluorite is
Catalog/List
! FINCH WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice...nice combinations which may have wulfenite, hemimorphite and other minerals. Interesting facet of this...this locality is that most of the wulfenite crystfils are coated with a drusy hemimorphite coating (clear...&ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals and yellow...white to tan/brown barite crystals. Some all wulfenite, some mimetite, and lots of combinations. Microcrystalline
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) ............................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 ......................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A 1985 Report: Arizona's Red Cloud Mine 54 ROCKS AND MINERALS R A Y M O N D W. G R A N T Mesa Community...Southern Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85202 T H E R E D C L O U D M I N E in L a Paz County, Arizona, is considered...world's premier wulfenite locality. It should be noted that L a Paz is a new county, resulting from the...the recent division of Yuma County. Red Cloud wulfenite has been featured frequently in mineral photographs...the Red Cloud mine, making occasional finds of good specimens. However, five years ago the mine was closed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wulfenite’s deep, rich colors can be as warm as the Arizona climate in which it occurs so prolifically. RICHARD...BIDEAUX 710 W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral collectors...most wulfenite specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and...and even to the period of collection. Wulfenite is known from hundreds of localities, although most are...example, more than 150 localities are on record for Arizona alone (Anthony, Williams, and Bideaux, 1977; Wilt
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
Show/Event (guide)
In short, Wulfenite is a spectacular 1nineral. Arizona has provided ·world-class Wulfenite specunens...world. Yes, Arizona is famous for itsWulfenite specimens, so fainous that now Wulfenite is the Official...Official Mineral of the State of Arizona! Check out your local library for many colorful and informative resources...©2019 Da!l1'1 Powell Phy ical Properties Color: Red Rcdcli h-or;rngc, Or;U1gc, Orange- ellow, yellow...c1ystaJ form . \1 \/uJfeniLe i pa.rt of a group or mine,-aJ known a Lhc Schee lite Grou p. The ScheeliLc
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)
Show/Event (guide)
august „ 22-23,2014 Gold Eagle's Nest Mine, California, USA J «. *.1 DALLAS Mineral Collecting ...Year’s Speaker Lineup Brice Gobin Tanzanite: From Mine to Market Dr. Robert Bowell Tsumeb: A Mineralogical...fringe benefit of exploring Mexico for silver-lead-zinc and silver-gold deposits, which “necessitates" frequent...frequent visits to established mining districts to see what’s new. Sometimes he finds only a few flats...source of several major specimen recovery projects. Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico Peter Megaw Collection
Catalog/List
STIBNITE: Hunan Province, China: 1-2 inch single silver crystals and small clusters from this world renown...while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver with dendritic growths
Journal (issue)
May-June 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon...Shannon Famous mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona...................................G. M. Edson Famous mineral localities: Tiger, Arizona ................... by R. A. Bideaux 135 141...The Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Departments Notes from the Editor .. What’s...16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition... although it also occurs in various shades of red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, and brown or as...anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite...Preble Hill mine near Garland, Maine; the old lead mine near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Sterling Hill, New Jersey; and the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, and the well-known Wheatley and nearby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SteAeger de Peyre Lozere, France 4 lthough wulfenite (PbMO,) is acknowledged by virtually everyone...equivalent of wulfenite’s Red Cloud mine, yet attractive, somewhat wulfenite-like stolzite specimens have...the interesting comparison between stolzite and wulfenite written by Modreski and Scovil (1990), stolzite...associations or matrix. Like wulfenite, it exhibits a wide variation in color, ranging from red through various shades...of 2.5-3.0, and is significantly denser than wulfenite, having a measured specific gravity of 8.34. Stolzite
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record, fuc. P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, Arizona 85750 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2017   39 Figure 4. Silver, 23 cm, Keweenaw mining district, Houghton County, Michigan, Robert Heinsleigh...Rhodochrosite, 15 cm, from the Sweet Home mine, Park County, Colorado. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 6. Opal...hematite coating, 34 cm, from the Faraday Uranium mine, Bancroft, Ontario. Robert Heinsleigh photo. 40  ... from the Red Ledge mine, Nevada County, California. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 9. Silver, 21.6 cm, from...photo. Figure 10. Copper, 14 cm, from the Baltic mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Jeff Scovil photo
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
 
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