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Vanadinite from
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Comments:Occurs with wulfenite & smithsonite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Smithsonite
Wulfenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:228187
Long-form Identifier:1:3:228187:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘGlove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘJ.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘFlux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘRobert E. Lee Mine (Bob Lee Mine; Bob Lee and Widow Mine), Tres de Mayo Mine group, Palmetto District, Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘPalmetto Mine, Tres de Mayo Mine group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘHelvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘHardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘStella Blue Mine (Patagonia Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘSunset Mine group, Pena Blanca Canyon, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Olson, Harry J. (1966) Oxidation of a sulfide body, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 61 (4) 731-743 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.61.4.731
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.411
 
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