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Murdochite from
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
07227430017272012667118.jpg
Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
08176780017272012671867.jpg
Murdochite

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Murdochite, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Murdochite
Formula:Cu12Pb2O15Cl2
Comments:Occurs on surfaces of, and embedded in, plates of wulfenite & on surfaces of fluorite crystals with hemimorphite & willemite.
Habit:Tiny octahedra
Colour:Black
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Fluorite
Hemimorphite
Willemite
Wulfenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite3
Quartz3
Cerussite2
Creaseyite2
Wulfenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Murdochite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7914
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7914:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Murdochite
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
84.1km (52.2 miles) ⓘSilver Hill Mine group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Waterman Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Fahey, Joseph J. (1955) Murdochite, a new copper lead oxide mineral. American Mineralogist, 40 (9-10) 905-906
Galbraith, Dr. Frederic W.; Brennan, Dr. Daniel J. (1959) Minerals of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press. 116pp.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.308
Kampf, A. R., Pluth, J. J., Chen, Y.-S., Roberts, A. C., Housley, R. M. (2013) Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and ashburtonite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 81-91 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.08
 
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