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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Junitoite
Formula:CaZn2Si2O7 · H2O
Colour:Colourless
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kinoite7 photos of Junitoite associated with Kinoite at this locality.
Dioptase4 photos of Junitoite associated with Dioptase at this locality.
Smectite Group3 photos of Junitoite associated with Smectite Group at this locality.
Chalcanthite2 photos of Junitoite associated with Chalcanthite at this locality.
Gilalite2 photos of Junitoite associated with Gilalite at this locality.
Sauconite1 photo of Junitoite associated with Sauconite at this locality.
Ruizite1 photo of Junitoite associated with Ruizite at this locality.
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)1 photo of Junitoite associated with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Junitoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (23 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46086:8
GUID (UUID V4):93c10e84-a553-4828-93a6-805fd81b07dc
Localities for Junitoite in this Region
Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Junitoite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1255-1258, 1976 Junitoite, a new hydratedcalciumzinc silicatefrom Christmas,Arizona SIoNBvA. WIt-ltnus...Corporation, Douglas, Arizona 85607 Abstract Arizona,whereit is alteredtactitezoneat Christmas, Junitoiteoccursin...kinoite and junitoite include apophyllite, a smectite,calcite, and xonotlite. Junitoite usually occurs...strong emission lines for cobalt and manganese. Junitoite may alter; in some samples it becomes milky-white...tyrolite, an alteration that may well be supergene. Junitoite was first noted by Joe Ana Ruiz and called to
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Michigan Technological University in 1958 to study mining engineering, but soon his inter­ ests shifted toward...minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 180....at 10:27 24 August 2017 JUN ITO (1926-1978) Junitoite, CaZn Si 0 «H 0, orthorhombic; glassy, colorless...calcite, and others at the Christmas mine, Banner district, Gila County, Arizona. 2 2 7 2 S I D N E Y...S , W H O R E P O R T E D the min­ eral, said junitoite was named in honor of Dr. Jun Ito of the University
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona F. P. CESBRON Laboratoire de Minrralogie-Cristallographie...France AND S. A. WILLIAMS BOX 872, Douglas, Arizona 856o7, USA SUMMARY. Both new species are retrograde...that occur in tactites at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (USA). Gilalite is green, H = 2, D...Cu95iloO29" IIH20. Occurrence. The Christmas mine in Gila County, Arizona, is a porphyry copper deposit producing...zinc silicates including kinoite, stringhamite, junitoite, and clinohedrite. These species are clearly not
Report (issue)
CaZn2 Si2 O7 ² H2 O Junitoite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...= 8.561(6) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 3.528 (100), 2.816 (100), 2.540 (100)...59 15.71 5.05 Total 97.1 100.00 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA. (2) CaZn2 Si2 O7 ² H2 O: Occurrence: In...xonotlite, smectite. In the USA, from the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., Arizona. Name: For Dr. Jun Ito...Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Type Material: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Harvard University,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA ABSTRACT.Junitoite, C a Z n 2 S i 2 0 7 - H 2 0...tetrahedral framework. KEYWORDS: crystal structure, junitoite. JUNITOtTE was first described by S. A. Williams...(1976) in material from the Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona. The Christmas Mine is a porphyry copper deposit...disseminated sphalerite and chalcopyrite. The junitoite occurs in portions of skarn which have undergone...extensive retrograde metamorphism and oxidation. Junitoite is a secondary mineral, associated with kinoite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Christmas, Arizona S. A. WILLIAMSAND M. DUGGAN Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona, U.S...calc-silicate assemblage at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona. Occurs with kinoite, apophyllite...apophyllite, smectite, and junitoite. Colour is orange inclining to brown with pale streak, H = 5, Sp. Gr. meas...Mammoth, Arizona. D u RI YG the course of investigation ofjunitoite at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona...Better samples were quickly found by Dave Cook, the mine geologist. Since subsequent study showed it to be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy of Tiger, Arizona, and his devotion to family. Joe was born in Sonora, Arizona, a small town in...in Pinal County that has since been mined out by the big Ray open-pit copper mine. He received his bachelor’s...pharmacy from the University of Arizona while working underground at the Ray mine. He served with the U.S. Marines...during the Korean conflict. Joe settled in Mammoth, Arizona, where he owned the local pharmacy and was active...mineralogy. Joe had already been dabbling in mining claims and mining exploration in the Mammoth area. An avid
Report (issue)
» 90± Z = [4] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 13.4 (100), 7.786 (50), 4.790 (40), 3...Total 98.9 100.00 44.97 14.26 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two closely agreeing analyses...diopside grains (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Kinoite, apachite, stringhamite, junitoite, clinohedrite...tobermorite (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Distribution: From the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., and the... near Sa®ord, Graham Co., Arizona, USA. Name: For Gila Co., Arizona, USA, where it was found. Type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
{Named for Persons Associated with and Geology in Arizona RICHARD S. M I T C H E L L Of the almost 2,500...can be collected in Arizona. Approximately two dozen of these 630 species Arizona persons involved in...explora­ tion or development of mining, mineralogy, and geology in Arizona. Who are these persons and what...Western Exploration Office, located in Douglas, Arizona. Ten of these are tellurium minerals, especially...the Tombstone mines in Cochise County. The earliest paper to honor Arizona persons with mineral names was
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
Report (issue)
c = 9.03{9.064 X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 11.95 (100), 4.19 (70), 3.12 (60), 5.09...Total 99.13 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; SiO2 by solvent extraction, Mn and Ca...oxidizing conditions (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Apophyllite, kinoite, junitoite, wollastonite,...chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite, smectite (Christmas, Arizona, USA); apophyllite, pectolite, datolite, inesite...(Wessels mine, South Africa). Distribution: In the Christmas copper mine, Christmas, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
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
Report (issue)
90:42± Z = [2] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 12.89 (100), 3.168 (70), 7.663 (50), 10...Total 102.0 100.00 47.26 13.08 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two analyses; after recalculation...Association: Kinoite, gilalite, stringhamite, junitoite, clinohedrite, xonotlite, apophyllite, calcite...Distribution: Name: In the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. For the Apache Indians who...region in Arizona, USA, where it occurs. Type Material: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; The
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)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acid, will destroy the crystals. Kinoite from Arizona is related to late-stage retrograde hydrothermal...minerals include gilalite, apachite, stringhamite, junitoite, clinohedrite, and xonotlite (Cesbron and Williams...1980). Samples from both the Laurium mine and the Christmas mine were analyzed using electron microprobe...composition and show only minor substitutions. Christmas mine kinoite contains slightly elevated FeO (0.288–0...CALUMET, MICHIGAN, AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS OF ARIZONA. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2, W. B. Simmons2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,
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
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
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 ....................................
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA MINERALS! K E N N E T H W. B L A D H Geology Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio...Little Mary mine, Steppe district. ROCKS AND MINERALS Below: Dumps of the Arizona-Indiana mine, Watterman...Watterman Mountain. Arizona minerals mens tens of inches are appreciated magnifier come across most fully...opportunities to view Arizona minerals and to acquire new specimens. a power. Arizona is blessed w i t...collecting on mine dumps or exploring under­ ground in abandoned mines. Active mining companies occa­
 
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