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Actinolite from
Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Comments:Small veinlets, commonly 1/16 to 1 inch wide, not everywhere having a medially disposed stringer of pyrite and chalcopyrite, in hornfels, western part of the Mission orebody.
Colour:Blue-green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcopyrite
Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243900
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243900:6
GUID (UUID V4):d95e82da-bbc6-4558-bcf4-b3028292920c
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mn prospect, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘHelvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu-Fe prospect 118-24, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘSilver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont lease; South Belmont incline; North Belmont shaft; Silver Bill Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘDuquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘJohnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Kinnison, John E. (1966) The Mission Copper Deposit, Arizona. In Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. p.281-287.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Grant, Raymond W., Gibbs, Ron, Jong, Harvey, Rasmussen, Jan, Keith, Stanley (2022) Mineralogy of Arizona (4th ed.) University of Arizona Press. p.744
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...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press...Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
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...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright...Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson
Titley, Spencer R., Hicks, Carol L. - Eds. (1966) Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits - Southwestern North America. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Book
EEL LEY. Department of Geology University of Arizona and GAOT G. HIGRS United States Geological Survey...Survey th THE UNIVERSITY Tucson, Arizona OF ARIZONA PRESS About the Editors. SPENCER . . R...R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both the operational and...Geology Department faculty at the University of Arizona, Professor Titley has carried out field and laboratory...and earned the doctorate from the University of Arizona. Caro. L. Hicks is an Editorial Assistant with
Ridge, John D. (1972) Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere. GSA Memoir 131. Geological Society of America doi:10.1130/mem131-p1
Report (issue)
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE WESTERN OF MINERAL HEMISPHERE DEPOSITS Pid erih gd ar 6a he...Inc. Memoir 131 Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE...Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 1972...6oe) Ayal ANNOTATED viii BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 86 MUNTO. 6 c-0.0.0 dbo gio erslel betas...ousielefeis iartetin steremiensis eretetererci terete ARIZONA OGG ico aie elailav'01.8) V1028 08 '6@..6)bcelevels
 
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