Provenite

Cole Mine (Cole shaft), Bisbee

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31.4181° N, 109.9067° W · ± 1 km

Azurite, Bornite and Pyrite from Arizona, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

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Azurite at Cole Mine (Cole shaft), Bisbee

Layered sky-blue scalloped azurite crust with botryoidal eyes, Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Layered sky-blue scalloped azurite crust with botryoidal eyes, Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
Morphology
Layered, scalloped botryoidal crusts with botryoidal 'eyes'
Typical size
Plate about 9 cm
Color / luster
Lustrous, light and dark sky-blue layers

Sources: SRC-228 SRC-238

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Bornite at Cole Mine (Cole shaft), Bisbee

Iridescent massive bornite on matrix from the Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Iridescent massive bornite on matrix from the Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Cu₅FeS₄
Morphology
Massive ore on a strip of matrix
Typical size
Specimen about 8 cm
Color / luster
Iridescent purple, gold and blue tarnish
Availability
Scarce

Sources: SRC-664 SRC-681

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Pyrite at Cole Mine (Cole shaft), Bisbee

Pyrite in the replacement copper ores of Bisbee, also found as loose pyritohedra in chalky sericite on the 1400 level.

Single pyritohedral pyrite crystals from the 1400 level of the Cole shaft, Bisbee, Arizona.
Single pyritohedral pyrite crystals from the 1400 level of the Cole shaft, Bisbee, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Pyrite crystals embedded in chalky white sericite from the Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Pyrite crystals embedded in chalky white sericite from the Cole Mine, Bisbee.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
FeS₂
Morphology
Single pyritohedra
Typical size
To about 2 cm
Associated minerals
Sericite

Sources: SRC-405 SRC-292

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Oxidation zone of the Warren District copper deposits.
Region
Arizona
Country
United States

Photo page names Cole Mine (Cole shaft, Cole No. 3), Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, mine worked intermittently 1905-1975. Coordinates not yet sourced (no coordinate source could be opened in this run); fill before mapping. Coordinates: Mindat point for Cole Mine (Cole Shaft), 31 25 05 N, 109 54 24 W, about 1.5 mi WNW of Warren per the page. Coordinates: Mindat point for Cole Mine (Cole Shaft), 31 25 05 N, 109 54 24 W, about 1.5 mi WNW of Warren per the page. Coordinates: Mindat point for Cole Mine (Cole Shaft), 31 25 05 N, 109 54 24 W, about 1.5 mi WNW of Warren per the page.

Sources: SRC-238 SRC-292

Sources

  1. SRC-238 · Website
    File:Azurite-216054.jpg (Cole Mine, Bisbee)Wikimedia Commons / R. M. Lavinsky · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons (opened via osmand mirror)
  2. SRC-292 · Website
    Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA - Mindat
  3. SRC-228 · Book
    Handbook of Mineralogy - AzuriteAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · 2005 · Mineralogical Society of America
  4. SRC-664 · Book
    Handbook of Mineralogy - BorniteAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · 2005 · Mineral Data Publishing / Mineralogical Society of America
  5. SRC-681 · Website
    File:Bornite-170691.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons
  6. SRC-405 · Website
    Pyrite photographs and file descriptions on Wikimedia CommonsRobert M. Lavinsky (photographer; file descriptions) · Wikimedia Commons

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