Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Mammothite |
Formula: | Pb6Cu4AlSb5+O2(OH)16Cl4(SO4)2 |
Formation: | Secondary |
Comments: | Occurs as plates embedded in anglesite and tufts of acicular crystals. |
Habit: | Sprays of radial, acicular crystals & flat plates |
Colour: | Bright blue |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
Associated Minerals: |
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Associates: | Anglesite Caledonite Leadhillite Phosgenite Wulfenite
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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Anglesite | ⓘ2 photos of Mammothite associated with Anglesite at this locality. |
Diaboleite | ⓘ2 photos of Mammothite associated with Diaboleite at this locality. |
Matlockite | ⓘ2 photos of Mammothite associated with Matlockite at this locality. |
Wherryite | ⓘ2 photos of Mammothite associated with Wherryite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mammothite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (8 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 31600 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:31600:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | f997f0c7-70b4-4d72-9d3d-f02ade6f8426 |
References |
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Peacor, D.R., Dunn, P.J., Schnorrer-Köhler, G., Bideaux, R.A. (1985): Mammothite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona and Laurium, Greece. The Mineralogical Record: 16: 117-120. Kampf, A. R., Pluth, J. J., Chen, Y.-S., Roberts, A. C., Housley, R. M. (2013) Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and ashburtonite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 81-91 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.08 |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| Kampf, A. R., Pluth, J. J., Chen, Y.-S., Roberts, A. C., Housley, R. M. (2013) Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and ashburtonite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 81-91 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.08 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 81–91 Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Department of Geophysical...South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1434, USA Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University...South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1434, USA Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa...Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA [Received 2 October 2012; Accepted 6 January 2013; | | | Book (edition) | OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...gangue mineral may be considered as waste in one deposit and as ore mineral in another (e.g., hedenbergite)...particular sample derives from the stockwork of such a deposit, it will normally contain amorphous silica/opal...in modern hydrothermal equivalents (e.g., JADE deposit, Okinawa Trough, Japan). Thus, metasomatic/metamorphic...mineral inventory available elsewhere. Further deposit descriptions originated from: binn.strahlen.org |
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Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA