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Altaite from
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Altaite
Formula:PbTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hessiteā“˜4 photos of Altaite associated with Hessite at this locality.
Rucklidgeiteā“˜4 photos of Altaite associated with Rucklidgeite at this locality.
Pyriteā“˜4 photos of Altaite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Petziteā“˜2 photos of Altaite associated with Petzite at this locality.
Volynskiteā“˜2 photos of Altaite associated with Volynskite at this locality.
Chalcopyriteā“˜1 photo of Altaite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
StĆ¼tziteā“˜1 photo of Altaite associated with StĆ¼tzite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Altaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:440
Long-form Identifier:1:3:440:4
GUID (UUID V4):99a475b9-7bf2-47eb-b87e-bed42e9c8236
Localities for Altaite in this Region
Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Altaite
6.3km (3.9 miles) ā“˜Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ā“˜Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine group, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
a = 12.20(2) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bisbee, Arizona, USA. 2.157 (10), 3.050 (8), 7.04 (6), 2.348...23.36 29.74 46.90 Total 100.0 100.00 (1) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, average of five...sylvanite, altaite, rickardite, pyrite. Distribution: From the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona...Arizona, USA [TL]. Name: In honor of Professor Norman Fordyce McKerron Henry (1909ā€“1983), mineralogist...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 162714. References: (1) Criddle, A.J., C.J. Stanley
Report (issue)
Sn1.02 W1.09 (S7.54 Se0.26 )Ī£=7.80 . (2) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...Canada); pyrite, colusite, stuĢˆtzite, altaite (Bisbee, Arizona, USA). Distribution: From the Kidd Creek...Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and at Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA. From the Bitian...Timmins, Ontario and from the Campbell orebody, Bisbee, Arizona. Can. Mineral., 22, 227ā€“232. (2) (1985) Amer
Report (issue)
(Cu0.92 Ag0.03 )Ī£=0.95 Au0.97 Te4.00 . (2) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe; corresponding to...deposits (Chelopech, Bulgaria; Campbell mine, Arizona, USA). Association: Kesterite, tellurium, chalcopyrite...hessite, sylvanite (Buckeye Gulch, Colorado, USA); tellurium, altaite, calaverite, sylvanite, petzite, hessite...mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and at Buckeye Gulch, near Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, USA. From
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...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from
Report (issue)
Z=7 X-ray Powder Pattern: May Day mine, Colorado, USA. 2.16 (100b), 2.55 (80b), 3.03 (70), 2.62 (70), 3...Colorado, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to Ag4.76 Te3.00 . (2) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron...other tellurides Association: Sylvanite, hessite, altaite, petzite, empressite, tellurium, gold, galena,...Ontario; and at Lindquist Lake, Quebec, Canada. In the USA, in Colorado, at the May Day mine, La Plata district...Co., Montana; from the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. At the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 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
Report (issue)
Total 101.6 99.8 100.00 (1) Campbell mine, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe. (2) Ashley deposit...ores. Association: Tellurobismuthite, hessite, altaite, calaverite, melonite, petzite. Distribution:...eastern Uzbekistan. In the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and the Golden Fleece mine, Lake City...City district, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA. From the Ashley deposit, Bannockburn Township, Ontario, Canada
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 Ā© 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. Mineralsā€”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 Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\Ā·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
Report (issue)
38 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goldfield, Nevada, USA. (ICDD 29-531). 2.97 (100), 1.819 (60), 3.64 (30)...13 Sb0.03 )Ī£=4.39 S12.75 . (2) Goldfield, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Cu11.12...Sb0.93 )Ī£=3.87 S13.84 . (3) Tramway mine, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Cu11.85 (Te2...famatinite, tennantite, hessite, petzite, sylvanite, altaite, chalcostibite, emplectite, gold, kuramite, bismuthinite...bismuthinite, pyrite, sphalerite. Distribution: In the USA, in Nevada, from Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., in the
Report (issue)
Goldfieldite, famatinite, hessite, petzite, sylvanite, altaite, gold, chalcostibite, emplectite, mohite, mawsonite...eastern Uzbekistan [TL]. In the USA, at Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; from the Zuni mine, near Silverton
Report (issue)
101.26 100.00 100.00 (1) Tellurium mine, Virginia, USA. (2) Oya mine, Japan. (3) Bi2 Te3 . Polymorphism...tellurides, tetradymite, altaite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite. Distribution: In the USA, from Fieldā€™s vein,...Hachita, Grant Co.; at the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; in Colorado, from near Whitehorn, Fremont
Report (issue)
102.0 100.00 (1) Stanislaus mine, California, USA; corresponding to (Ni0.99 Ag0.02 )Ī£=1.01 Te2.00 ...Niā€“Cuā€“PGE magmatic sulfide deposits. Association: Altaite, petzite, hessite, calaverite, coloradoite, krennerite...chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Melones [TL] and Stanislaus...district, Boulder Co.; in Arizona, from the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. In Ontario, Canada, from...known. Name: For the Melones mine in California, USA, where it was discovered. References: (1) Palache
Report (issue)
calaverite, hessite (Ashley deposit, Canada); altaite, galena, volynskite, hessite, melonite, chalcopyrite...Trondelag, Norway. In the USA, at the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; from the Hesperus mine
Report (issue)
deposits. Association: Calaverite, sylvanite, altaite, petzite, empressite, rickardite, gold, tellurium...Indio-Tambo district, east of La Serena, Coquimbo. In the USA, from Gold Hill, Boulder Co., and in the Eagle mine...City, Nevada Co.; in Arizona, from the Campbell mine, Bisbee, and at Tombstone, Cochise Co. In small amounts
Journal (issue)
Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Articles Bisbee revisited: an update on the mineralogy of this...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............. 471 by R. C. Erd, A....Ā·ember-December, /993 P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85 740 Tel: 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 419...Minernlogical Record, ā€¢Ā·olume 24. November-December. /993 BISBEE REVISITED ------------------- ā€¢ AN UPDATE ON...Company 650 l East Grant Road, Suite L Tucson, Arizona 85715 The research for the original study of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consists of altaite cleavages, hessite grains, chalcopyĀ­ rite grains, and quartz matrix. Altaite looks exactly...crystals. The combination is very nice. UNITED STATES Arizona- Arnold Gussen of Clearbrook, British Columbia...very meticulous in labeling and he wonders i f the Bisbee locaĀ­ tion is correct. Sent in was a small piece...could be a Bisbee specimen, but that no decision could be made for or against its origin at Bisbee. He suggested...suggested that i f the label on the specimen indicated Bisbee, that it likely is correct. California-Calldhan's
Catalog/List
albite. 3Ā¼x3Ā½x1Ā½11 $ 35. 00. for REFERENCE 3. ALTAITE Hilltop mine, Organ Mountains, New Mexico Select.... 20. 2 - BROCHANTITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona Superb dark green thickly intergrown...27. CONNELLITE Shattuck Denn mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. ,Arizona Rich blue fibrous radiating 2 to 3 mm...50. 00. crystal crystals Butte, Graham Co., Arizona Ā½11 to 3/4 11 terminated olive-green mal.-ix. 2x3Ā¼x2Ā¾"...Pseudomorph after CALCITE Antler mine, Mohave Co., Arizona Superb dark brown to tan smithsonite after highly
Journal (issue)
November-December 1993 Volume Twenty-four, Number Six Articles Bisbee revisited: an update on the mineralogy of this...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 Subscriptions...second-class postage (USPS 887-700) paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, C alifornia....................471 by R. C. Erd...November-December, 1993 P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Tel: 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 419
Catalog/List
SCIENTIFIC COMPANY P. 0. BOX 457 ā€¢ SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 85252 SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC...radial groups on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro....... . AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls...botryoidal aggregates in quartz . ALTAITE Lead telluride ā€¢ Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic...sodium calcium uranium carbonate. Utah San Juan County, Moab ~ellow to yellow-green Ā¼xĀ¼" single rhombohedral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sylvanite, kostovite, petzite, stutzite, hessite, altaite, rickardite, weissite and henryite were succeeded...succeeded by a relatively simple assemblage of altaite-petzite-hessite + sylvanite + coloradoite. Precipitation...alabandite, goethite, chalcocite, coloradoite, altaite, hematite, petzite, hessite, sylvardte, calaverite...cross-cutting telluride pods in stage IIa quartz Altaite, gold, petzite, sylvanite, hessite III Barren...microprobe studies (Table 2) but of these only four--altaite, coloradoite, petzite, and hessite--have been observed
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp hexagonal...TT 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD , INC. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA , U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961 by Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...... . AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro...micro xls and coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and
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 ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
Journal (issue)
Bisbee! Wm ,' .\ V> s K * *SKEĀ» ā€¢\v Ā„*ā€¢ S\* 'W , 4 .v - N ā– ST. -ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢,> ā€¢ ā– % SW 'VARIZONA-III ^-^v...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 g_ g ā€” ā€”^ affiliated with the Friends of...September-October 1981 Arizona-m famous mineral localities: Bidee, Arizona by Richard W. Graeme a...Record Third in a series id four issues devoted to Arizona published bimonthly by the Mineralogical Record...B-2120 Schoten COVER: AZURITE on malachite from Bisbee, about 6 inches tall. William Larson specimen;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cnawlont, Bisbee,Arizona. Petzite was reported from the Red River District, Taos County, in 1904, and...MrNoner, Tellurium Tetrad]'rnite Copper telluride Altaite Hessite Petzite Sylvanite Calaverite Montanaite...coilected at a gold prospect in southern catron county, 41 miles northwest of Silver city. The tellurium...Montana, when it is etchec] with nitric acid.5 Altaite is found at the Hilltop mine in association with...probably a lead tellurite.. This oxidation product of altaite from the Hilltop mine, while mentioned by Schneiderir
 
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