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Ajoite from
Potter-Cramer Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ajoite
Formula:(K,Na)Cu7AlSi9O24(OH)6 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ajoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potter-Cramer Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:247246
Long-form Identifier:1:3:247246:1
GUID (UUID V4):43404bf9-36b4-4c9c-9894-665bfa3acfa0
Nearest other occurrences of Ajoite
6.8km (4.2 miles) Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Springs, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Potter-Cramer Mine Figure 1. Potter-Cramer mine vertical shaft. Mike Sawicki photo. Reproduced with...permission. Maricopa County, Arizona Figure 2. View facing southeast, showing the Potter-Cramer mine from the...POLMAN Polman Minerals PO Box 93276 Phoenix, Arizona 85070 gpolman@polmanminerals.com It is the type...fluorescent mineral wickenburgite. Also found at the mine are several other rare minerals, including phoenicochroite...creaseyite, and vauquelinite. I have owned the Potter-Cramer mine since 2002 and have recently mined some of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Queen Creek, Arizona 85142 raycyn@cox.net HARVEY JONG 1777 N. Central Drive Chandler, Arizona 85224 harvey@digipan...harvey@digipan.com Arizona T Type Minerals here are about 880 mineral species reported from Arizona. Of these...type or cotype minerals (they were first found in Arizona). This article presents a short description of...type locality for each. Of the type minerals of Arizona, 49 are named for people, and 17 are named for...Association (IMA) as new species with type localities in Arizona. Because the original scientific descriptions have
Report (issue)
K3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O Ajoite Crystal Data: Triclinic. Point Group: 1 . As sprays of bladed...105.68(1)° Z = 3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ajo, Arizona, USA. 12.25 (100), 2.455 (12), 4.08 (10), 3.061 (10)...02 42.2 0.04 0.84 2.50 8.35 99.07 (1) Ajo, Arizona, USA; Si, Al, and Cu by electron microprobe, corresponding...pyrite (Ajo, Arizona, USA); creaseyite, fluorite (Potter-Cramer property, Arizona, USA); shattuckite...Distribution: In the USA, in Arizona, from the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; at the Moon Anchor mine and Potter-Cramer
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)
Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa...t might seem strange to begin a description of ajoite by first referring to quartz, but the reason will...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally... The registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...spectacular specimens of ajoite-included quartz that, arguably, reached a zenith in the mid-1980s. Even
Report (issue)
12.483{12.497 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tiger, Arizona, USA. 10.726 (100), 6.024 (50), 4.067 (50), 3.555...100.4 100.00 13.56 38.03 9.21 (1) Tiger, Arizona, USA; average of several microchemical analyses,...cemented with iron oxides and wulfenite (Tiger, Arizona, USA). Association: Mimetite, dioptase, °uorite,...murdochite (Tiger, Arizona, USA); ajoite, °uorite (Potter-Cramer property, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...In the USA, in Arizona, from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., at the Potter-Cramer property
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...dioptase, plancheite, and the rare minerals apacheite, ajoite, and stringhamite as well as chrysocolla, an excellent...Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining industry, is an avid collector of microminerals...Commonly associated minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It is unknown...West. Arizona hosts the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise
Report (issue)
Z = 2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Near Wickenburg, Arizona, USA. 10.1 (100), 3.26 (80), 3.93 (60), 3.36 (40)...44.62 3.74 4.80 99.99 (1) Near Wickenburg, Arizona, USA. (2) Pb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O. Occurrence: In oxidized...quartz and fluorite gangue (near Wickenburg, Arizona, USA). Association: Phoenicochroite, mimetite, cerussite...luddenite, ajoite, shattuckite, vauquelinite, descloizite, laumontite. Distribution: In the USA, in Arizona...localities south of Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., including the Potter-Cramer property, Belmont Mountains, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from Arizona and Sonora SIDNEY A. W I L L I A M S Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona AND R I...Associates, Tucson, Arizona SUMMARY. Creaseyite was first noted in specimens from Tiger, Arizona, and was then...then found at Wickenburg, Arizona, and Caborca, Sonora, prior to description. It is an oxidezone mineral...willemite, mimetite, chrysocolla, wickenburgite, and ajoite. The composition is [Cu2Pb2(Fe,AI)2SisOlv'6H20]...on specimens from Tiger, Arizona, during a study of minerals from that mine by Richard A. Bideaux. N
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
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
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)
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)
WICKENBURGITE, A NEW MINERAL Nos. 9 and 10 FROM ARIZONA SroNBv A. Wnrrnrus, Phelps Dod.geCorporation,... Western E*ploralion Ofi,ce,Douglos, Arizona. ABSTRACT Wickenburgite, PbsAlzCaSiroOzr(OH)e,is a new mineral...abundance at several prospects near Wickenburg, Arizona. It is an oxide zone mineral derived from lead...several Iocalities south of Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona. The speciesis named for the locality...locality. The type locality is the Potter-Cramer property which is near the sectioncornercommon to sections13
Journal (issue)
(jaartal onbekend) van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Wandfoto museum Ajo, foto © Rik...type-vindplaats, de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer details hierover...Keweenaw Geonieuws 35(3), maart 2010 County, Michigan, USA 324-325 A new find of copper and cuprite...Buck Hill syenite intrusion, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA 364-369 Rochester symposium (gem minerals in Anatolia...Turkey; etching of carrollite from Kamoya South mine, Katanga; Li-bearing pegmatites on the NW Iberian
Book (volume)
...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ...............................................................22 Arizona County Map ............................................
Catalog/List
display collection of Paul Duncan of Dos Cabezas, Arizona. Most specimens were purcgaseg ~3Y.~~f~ ~§Bi ~flå...~flå ffl§flY h~Y@not been on the market Arizona. Most specimens were pure ase Y f@f y~~f~, Thoir code...Chrysocollc': 2.6. 2x1-$5.00 AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 4 xls & grou;:.is, 1-1...the center of rock; 5x6x2. 5-$45. Cl □ ~Morenci, Arizona; (a) good T/N; very lustrous balls to 5 rim conr...yellow tabular xls to 3.5 cm, rich MB5. Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Catalog/List
·Minerals (602) 962-648/l 1727 W. DRAKE CIRCLE, MESA, ARIZONA 85202 (U.S.A) SPECIMEN PRICE LIST All ·IJleci■ens...LOCATIONS• If no state 11 listed, 1t 1& fr011 Arizona. As a general rule, locations will be given ■uch...supplied. Usually; the ■ine naae ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci1ens. PRICES:...pg 115 M • Af!/\GONITE from Mexico & the Weldon Mine were misidentified!!-Sorry, but it's Calcite! ARAGONIIE/CALCITE...Horseshoe Da111 Spain Maine Carter Hine,tl Champion Mine Grants, New H Workman Creek Grand Reef Mi Connecticut
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;... N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower right...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pohl Richard Graeme D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum =Donald Olson ‘Delma Perry
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Clouo rrnn·a, Arizona; (lower right...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...Richard Graeme DJ D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller DK Arizona-Sonora Desert DM Museum DO = "Donald Olson Delma...Sherburn = Terry \Vallace VY we University of Arizona Victor Yount \\' iJ!iam and Ann Cook WD \Vayne
Book
variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
 
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