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Acanthite from
Allison Mine (Fresnel Mine; Chance Mine; El Oro Mine; Old Gold Mine; Fourth of July vein; Roberts vein), Fresnel Canyon, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allison Mine (Fresnel Mine; Chance Mine; El Oro Mine; Old Gold Mine; Fourth of July vein; Roberts vein), Fresnel Canyon, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177375
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177375:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘBanner Mine group (Banner Mine; Hughes Mine), Stevens Mountain, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘSunrise and Sunshine Mines (Sunshine-Sunrise group of claims; Sunshine group; Malone group), Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘSt. Jude Mine, Roskruge Mining District, Roskruge Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘCerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘChoctaw Mine (Fickett Mine; Anderson Mine; Noon Mine), Bartlett Mountain, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘMorgan Mine (Cube Iron Mine), Morgan Mine group, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘBallas Mine area, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘBallas Silver-Lead Mine, Ballas Mine area, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
62.2km (38.6 miles) ⓘBlack Prince Mine (Silver Bullion Mine), Sierra Blanca Mountain, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘEureka Mine (Eureka claim), Elephant Head group of claims (Tremaine-Daniels group), Mount Hopkins, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 107 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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