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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andradite
Formula:Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Comments:large massive beds
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stringhamite3 photos of Andradite associated with Stringhamite at this locality.
Xonotlite3 photos of Andradite associated with Xonotlite at this locality.
Tobermorite2 photos of Andradite associated with Tobermorite at this locality.
Kinoite1 photo of Andradite associated with Kinoite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andradite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130498
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130498:5
GUID (UUID V4):c6921155-07ad-47fd-945b-c8fe2971d97e
Localities for Andradite in this Region
Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Dripping Springs Mountains Garnet deposit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Andradite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Dripping Springs Mountains Garnet deposit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) London-Arizona Mine (London-Arizona Consolidated Mine), Tornado Peak, 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
36.6km (22.7 miles) Quartzite Mountain (Stanley Butte [nearby]; Quartzite Mountain Garnets), Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
96.9km (60.2 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect 117-16, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Elements in Molybdenite from the Christmas Mine Area, Gila County, Arizona Randolph A. Koski Open-File...molybdenite samples from the Christmas mine area, Gila County, Arizona, have been analyzed by instrumental...more of the samples. GEOLOGY OF THE CHRISTMAS DEPOSIT The Christmas porphyry copper deposit (Eastlick...the southern Dripping Spring Mountains. The Christmas stock is one of numerous calc-alkaline intrusions...metals occur along this zone northwest of the Christmas mine area (see Banks and Krieger, 1977). Hydrothermal
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA BY CLYDE P. ROSS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Older Tertiary stratified rocks_________________ __ Gila conglomerate________-_ _ _ __ Quaternary alluvium____...___ Mines and prospects. _ __ _ _ ______ Adjust mine.__ ___ ___ ______!____________ Saddle Mountain group______________...group______________!____________________ Little Treasure mine.__ _______________________ Lee group_____ _____...Faull group___________________________:______ Christmas mine__ ___ ____ ___________________ Mellor prospect__
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
255-270 SkarnGenesisat the ChristmasMine, Gila County,Arizona D^wI) V. P•RR¾ Abstract The Christmasmine...magnetiteand forsterite,2) calciumskarnin limestonewith andradite,and 3) endoskarnin porphyrywith aluminumbearing...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
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
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)
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
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
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La Gila Range and elsewhere. ANDRADITE. See Garnet. ANGLESITE (sulphate...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in
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
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...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...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
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
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
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green
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
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)
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)
Powder Pattern: Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA. 3.013 (100), 6.79 (52)...7.41 100.00 (1) Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA; electron microprobe analysis...garnet (grossular-andradite), goethite, magnetite, tenorite, chrysocolla (Bawana mine); gilalite, ruizite...tobermorite, andradite, bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, quartz, wollastonite (Christmans mine); apophyllite...From the Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, 5 miles NW of Milford, Beaver County, Utah, USA. Also from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H)3(H2O)2, an (old) new mineral from the Bawana mine, Milford, Utah Anthony R. Kampf,1,* Stuart J. Mills...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...diopside–garnet–magnetite skarn at the Bawana mine, Beaver County, Utah, and has also been confirmed to occur...occur at other localities. At the Bawana mine, it is found as irregular clusters and radial aggregates...order-disorder structure, Raman spectroscopy, Bawana mine, Milford, Utah Introduction The proposal for the
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...£15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)
Report (issue)
THE DARWIN SILVER-LEAD MINING DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. Most of the lead...districts, all in Inyo County, in the eastern part of the State. The Cerro Gordo district has been by far the...years $7,000,000 in argentiferous lead. The Darwin district has probably yielded between $2,000,000 and $3...000. The geologic features of the Cerro Gordo district have recently been described by the writer,1 and...present report to describe those of the Darwin district. The data on which this report is based were obtained
 
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