Provenite

Pure Potential Mine (North Geronimo Mine)

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33.1161° N, 114.6128° W · ± 1 km

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

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Minerals found here

Vanadinite

Vanadinite at Pure Potential Mine (North Geronimo Mine)

Intensely red lustrous barrels richly covering matrix, from the 1990s finds

Red lustrous vanadinite crystals covering matrix, Pure Potential (North Geronimo) Mine, Arizona.
Red lustrous vanadinite crystals covering matrix, Pure Potential (North Geronimo) Mine, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Small bright red barrel-shaped vanadinite crystals on matrix, Pure Potential (North Geronimo) Mine, Arizona.
Small bright red barrel-shaped vanadinite crystals on matrix, Pure Potential (North Geronimo) Mine, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Orange-red hoppered (skeletal) vanadinite crystals from the Pure Potential Mine, Arizona.
Orange-red hoppered (skeletal) vanadinite crystals from the Pure Potential Mine, Arizona.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Morphology
Hexagonal barrel-shaped crystals, some hoppered (skeletal)
Typical size
Crystals to about 7 mm
Color / luster
Bright red to orange-red, highly lustrous and partly gemmy
Availability
Scarce
History
A pocket find in October 1996 at the North Geronimo mine was written up in a journal article; the 1990s finds produced the best specimens

Sources: SRC-357 SRC-358 SRC-359 SRC-364

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Underground past-producer in the Basin and Range Province (Sonoran Desert section), worked for fluorite, lead, silver, molybdenum and vanadium
Region
Arizona
Country
United States

Coordinates are those of the Geronimo North and South Mines entry in the Western Mining History database (USGS-derived), assumed to cover the North Geronimo workings; not independently verified for the Pure Potential claim.

Sources: SRC-357 SRC-358

Sources

  1. SRC-357 · Database
    Geronimo North and South MinesWestern Mining History · Western Mining History
  2. SRC-358 · Database
    North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona (Mindat locality entry 115055)Mindat contributors · Mindat.org
  3. SRC-359 · Database
    North Geronimo Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona (Mindat gallery 4611)Mindat contributors · Mindat.org
  4. SRC-364 · Website
    Vanadinite photo file pages on Wikimedia Commons (dealer descriptions)Robert M. Lavinsky (photographer, Wikimedia Commons) · Wikimedia Commons

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.