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Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Palmer, C. (1909), Arizonite, ferric metatitanate, American Journal of Science: 28: 353-356.

Schnabel, Lorraine, and Welty, J.W., (1986) Bibliography for metallic mineral districts in La Paz, Mohave, and Yuma Counties, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Circular 25, 45 p.

Welty, J.W. (1988) Additions to bibliographies for metallic mineral districts in Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Yuma Counties, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-22, 32 p.

Wenrich, K.J. & Sutphin, H.B. (1988), Recognition of breccia pipes in northern Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology Field notes: 18:1-5, 11.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 118, 139, 187, 271, 279, 349.

Mohave County is in the far Northwestern part of Arizona. It is dominated by a very persistent desert and contains several significant mining districts. Deposits include gold, silver, feldspar, REE's and manganese.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Akaganeite ?
  • Alamosite
  • Albite
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Allanite-(Y)
  • Allophane
  • Almandine
  • Alunite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Anthophyllite
  • Antlerite (TL)
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aragonite
  • 'Arizonite (of Palmer)'
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Augite
  • Autunite
  • Azurite
  • Baryte
  • 'Bentonite'
  • Beryl
       var: Alkali-beryl
  • Bieberite
  • Biotite
  • Bismite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bismutite
  • Bornite
  • Botryogen
  • Braunite
  • Brochantite
  • Brockite
  • Bromargyrite
  • Brucite
  • Calcite
       var: Ferroan Calcite
       var: Limestone Onyx
  • 'Carbon Dioxide'
  • Carnotite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chalcanthite
  • 'Chalcedony'
       'var: Agate'
       'var: Dendritic Agate'
       'var: Fire Agate'
       'var: Petrified Wood'
       'var: Sardonyx'
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
  • 'Chevkinite'
  • Chevkinite-(Ce)
  • Chlorargyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chromite
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Chrysocolla
  • 'Chrysoprase'
  • Cinnabar
  • 'Clay'
  • 'Clinoptilolite'
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Clinozoisite
  • Coffinite
  • 'Columbite'
  • Conichalcite
  • Copper
  • 'Copper Stain'
  • Cordierite
  • Coronadite
  • Corundum
  • Cotunnite
  • Covellite
  • Cristobalite
  • Cronstedtite
  • Cryptomelane
  • Cummingtonite
  • Cuprite
  • Cuprotungstite
  • Descloizite
       var: Cuprian Descloizite
  • Digenite
  • Dioptase
  • Dolomite
  • Dufrénoysite
  • Duftite
  • Epidote
  • 'Erionite'
  • Erionite-K
  • Erythrite ?
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferberite
  • 'Fergusonite'
  • Ferrimolybdite
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Fluorite
  • 'Gadolinite'
  • Gadolinite-(Y)
  • Galena
       var: Argentiferous Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Gersdorffite
  • Glauberite
  • Glauconite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Goslarite
  • Graphite
  • Gypsum
       var: Selenite
  • Halite
  • Halotrichite
  • Hematite
       var: Specularite
  • Hemimorphite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Hinsdalite
  • Hollandite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Hörnesite
  • 'Horn Silver'
  • Hübnerite
  • Ilmenite
  • Iodargyrite
  • Iron
    var: Kamacite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaersutite
  • Kaolinite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Kyanite
  • Leucoxene
  • Limonite
  • Linnaeite
  • Lithiophilite
  • Lithiophorite
  • Löllingite
  • Luddenite (TL)
  • Maghemite
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Manganite
  • Marcasite
  • Melanterite
  • Mercury
  • Metatorbernite
  • Miargyrite
  • 'Mica Group'
  • Microcline
  • Mimetite
  • Minium
  • Molybdenite
  • Molybdofornacite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mordenite
  • Mottramite
  • Muscovite
  • Natrojarosite
  • Natrolite
  • Nitratine
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
       var: Fire Opal
       var: Opal-AN
  • Orthoclase
  • Orthoclase
    var: Adularia
  • 'Parisite'
  • Pearceite
  • Pentlandite
  • Periclase
  • 'Perthite'
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phlogopite
  • Pigeonite
  • Plumbojarosite
  • Polybasite
  • Polycrase-(Y)
  • Powellite
  • Proustite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • 'Pumice'
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
       var: Auriferous Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyrophyllite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Chert
       var: Jasper
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Pastelite
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Rose Quartz
  • Ramsdellite
  • Rutile
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Saponite
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Schreibersite
  • Scorodite
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Serpentine Group'
  • Shattuckite
  • Siderite
  • Sillimanite
  • Silver
  • Smithsonite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
  • Stibnite
  • Strontianite
  • Taenite
  • Talc
  • Talmessite
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite
  • Tephroite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thalénite-(Y)
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorite
    var: Uranothorite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Tremolite
  • Tridymite
  • Troilite
  • Tungstite
  • Turquoise
  • Tyuyamunite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Uvarovite ?
  • Vanadinite
       var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
  • Vermiculite
  • 'Wad'
  • Wavellite
  • Wherryite
  • Wickenburgite
  • Witherite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wulfenite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Yttrotantalite-(Y)
  • Zeunerite
  • Zippeite
  • Zircon
       var: Cyrtolite
  • Zoisite


    273 entries listed. 203 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Mohave Co.
        • Aquarius Cliffs
        • Aquarius Cliffs area
          • Bolo Creek
            • Hackberry
            • Peacock Pk.
          • Peacock Peak
          • Rare Metal Mine area
        • Arrastra Mountain
          • Alamo area
          • Alamo Crossing
          • Cleopatra District
            • Kimble Sub-District
              • Rawhide Wash
          • Rawhide Wash
            • Rawhide Mine area
        • Aubrey District
        • Beaver Dam Mts
        • Bentley District
          • Grand Gulch Bench
          • Wikieup area
            • Groom Peak
        • Big Sandy Wash area
        • Bill Williams Fork District
          • Alamo area
            • Rawhide Wash
        • Black Burro District
        • Black Diamond District
          • El Dorado Pass District
          • Gold Hill District
            • Senator Mountain
          • Mount Perkins
            • Boundary Cone
            • Mount Perkins
              • American vein
                • Adams vein