Provenite

Apache Mine

MineClosedDraft data

33.4692° N, 110.8144° W · ± 10 km

Vanadinite from Arizona, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Vanadinite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Calcite with Vanadinite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show vanadinite with calcite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Vanadinite at Apache Mine

Small, deep red stocky crystals in a quartzite-hosted fault vein, rather than the large crystals of Moroccan or Namibian localities.

Vanadinite specimen from the Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona.
Vanadinite specimen from the Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Large vanadinite specimen densely covered with small crystals from the Apache (Defiance) Mine, Arizona.
Large vanadinite specimen densely covered with small crystals from the Apache (Defiance) Mine, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Glassy reddish-orange vanadinite crystals with minor white calcite on matrix from the Apache Mine, Arizona.
Glassy reddish-orange vanadinite crystals with minor white calcite on matrix from the Apache Mine, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Morphology
Stocky prismatic crystals
Typical size
Typically 1-2 mm, up to 6-7 mm; 2-3 cm reported
Color / luster
Deep red
Associated minerals
Descloizitemottramitecalcite
History
Discovered in 1875 and worked 1929-1957; about 20 short tons of ore averaging 14% V2O5, mostly hand-picked vanadinite, were shipped around 1930.

Sources: SRC-076

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Fissure vein in a fault zone cutting quartzite and diabase, with clay, sericite, calcite and chlorite alteration; Mindat links mineralization to a Late Cretaceous-Tertiary intrusive period.
Type
Hydrothermal
Host rock
Pioneer Quartzite (Apache Group) and diabase
Region
Arizona
Country
United States

Also called Defiance Mine or Apache Vanadium Mine, near Radium, Gila County. Coordinates from Mindat locality page (SRC-076), converted from degrees-minutes-seconds; Mindat notes considerable uncertainty about the exact position. Mining claims are current and collecting is forbidden.

Sources: SRC-076

Sources

  1. SRC-076 · Database
    Apache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAMindat.org contributors · Mindat.org

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.