Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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‡Ref.: Schnabel, Lorraine, and Welty, J.W. (1986) Bibliography for metallic mineral districts in Cochise, Graham, and Greenlee Counties, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Circular 24, 38 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.

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

Cochise County lies in the extreme Southeastern corner of Arizona. It contains several important mining districts but the most significant are the Warren District, centered on Bisbee, and the Tombstone District, centered on Tombstone. Prospecting in this county was delayed due to the existence of Indian reservations; however, once the ice was broken, the bonanza began! Cochise county is an important mining area for silver, copper, gold and tungsten.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Aikinite Alabandite Alamosite Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allanite-(Ce) Allophane Altaite Alunite Analcime Anatase Andalusite var: Chiastolite Andradite Anglesite Anhydrite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite Anthonyite Anthophyllite Antigorite Antlerite 'Apatite' 'Apophyllite' Aragonite var: Flos Ferri 'Argentiferous Wad' Argentojarosite Arsenopyrite Arsenosulvanite Atacamite Augite Aurichalcite Aurorite Autunite Azurite Baryte Bayldonite Bayleyite Beaverite-(Cu) 'Bentonite' Beraunite Beryl var: Aquamarine Beudantite Bianchite Bílinite Biotite Birnessite Bisbeeite Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bixbyite Bogdanovite Böhmite Boothite Bornite Botallackite Botryogen Bournonite Brackebuschite Brannerite Braunite Brochantite Bromargyrite Brookite Brucite Brushite Bursaite Buttgenbachite Calaverite Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite Caledonite Canfieldite Carbonatecyanotrichite Cassiterite Celadonite Celestine Cerussite Cervelleite Cesàrolite Cesbronite 'Chabazite' Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite (TL) Chalcocite Chalcomenite Chalcophanite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite var: Auriferous Chalcopyrite Chalcosiderite Chamosite 'Chert' Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Choloalite Chondrodite Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar Claringbullite 'Clay' Clinobisvanite Clinochlore Clinochrysotile 'Clinoptilolite' Clinozoisite Colusite Conichalcite Connellite Copiapite Copper 'Copper Stain' Coquimbite Coronadite Cosalite Covellite Crednerite Cryptomelane (TL) Cubanite

Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuprocopiapite Cupropavonite Cuproroméite Cuprotungstite Cyanotrichite Danburite Delafossite Descloizite var: Cuprian Descloizite 'Desert Rose' Devilline Diaspore Dickite Digenite Diopside Dioptase Djurleite Dolomite Duftite Dugganite (TL) Dumortierite Dunhamite Eclarite Edenite Emmonsite (TL) Emplectite Empressite Enargite Endellite Enstatite Epidote var: Beryllian Epidote Epsomite 'Erionite' Ettringite Eugenite Fairbankite (TL) Famatinite 'Feldspar Group' Felsőbányaite Ferricopiapite Ferrimolybdite Fibroferrite Fluorite var: Chlorophane Fornacite Forsterite Fraipontite var: Cuprian Fraipontite Freibergite Friedrichite Frohbergite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena 'Garnet' Geikielite Gibbsite Girdite (TL) Gladite Glaucocerinite Glauconite 'Gmelinite' Goethite Gold var: Electrum Goldfieldite Gormanite Goslarite Graemite (TL) Graphite Greenockite Grossular var: Hessonite Groutite Gypsum var: Satin Spar Gypsum var: Selenite Gyrolite Halite Halloysite Halotrichite Hausmannite Hawleyite Hedenbergite Helvite Hematite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Henryite (TL) Herschelite Hessite Hetaerolite Hexahydrite Hillebrandite Hisingerite Hocartite Hodrušite 'Hornblende' Housleyite Hübnerite Hydrobasaluminite Hydrobiotite Hydrocerussite Hydrohetaerolite 'Hydromuscovite' Hydroxycalcioroméite Hydroxylapatite Hydrozincite Iddingsite Illite Ilsemannite Ilvaite Ingodite Iodargyrite Jacobsite Jalpaite Jarosite Johannite Kaersutite Kaolinite Kesterite Kettnerite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Khinite (TL)

Kiddcreekite Kornelite Kostovite Krennerite Ktenasite Kuramite Kyanite Langite Laumontite Leadhillite Lepidocrocite Libethenite Lime Limonite Linarite Liroconite Luzonite Mackayite Magnesiohornblende Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Manganite Manjiroite Marcasite Marialite Matildite Mawsonite Mckinstryite Meionite Melanterite Melonite Meta-autunite Metavoltine 'Mica Group' Microcline Miersite Mimetite Minium Mixite Molybdenite Molybdofornacite Montanite Monticellite Montmorillonite Mottramite var: Duhamelite Mroseite Murdochite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Nantokite Natrochalcite Natrolite Nekrasovite Neltnerite Neyite Nitrocalcite Nolanite Nontronite Nordströmite Oboyerite (TL) Olivenite 'Olivine' Opal var: Diatomite var: Opal-AN Orthoclase Osarizawaite Ottoite Oxyplumboroméite Paracoquimbite Parakhinite (TL) Paramelaconite (TL) Paratacamite Paratellurite Pargasite Parsonsite Pearceite Pecoraite Pekoite Periclase Perite 'Petrified Wood' Petzite Pharmacosiderite Phlogopite Phosphohedyphane Pickeringite Piemontite Pigeonite Plancheite Plattnerite Plumbojarosite Polybasite Powellite Prehnite Proustite Pseudomalachite 'Psilomelane' 'Pumice' 'Pumpellyite' Pyrite var: Auriferous Pyrite Pyrochlore Group Pyrolusite var: Argentiferous Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophyllite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Bull Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Jasper var: Milky Quartz var: Orbicular Jasper var: Rock Crystal var: Sceptre Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Queitite var: Ca-bearing Queitite Quetzalcoatlite

Ralstonite Rammelsbergite Ranciéite Ransomite Rectorite Reevesite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rhodostannite Rhomboclase Rickardite Rodalquilarite Roméite Group var: Stetefeldtite var: Stibiconite Römerite Rosasite Roscoelite Rozenite Rucklidgeite Rutile Sanidine Saponite Sauconite 'Scapolite' var: Wernerite Scheelite Schieffelinite (TL) Schorl Scorzalite Sengierite Sepiolite 'Serpentine Group' Serpierite Shattuckite (TL) Siderite Siderotil 'Silica' Sillimanite Silver Smithsonite Sonoraite Spangolite Spertiniite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Spionkopite Spiroffite Stannite Stannoidite Stellerite Sternbergite Stevensite Stolzite Stromeyerite Stützite Sulphur Susannite Sylvanite Szomolnokite Talc Tangeite Teineite Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite Tennantite Tenorite var: Geltenorite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite Thaumasite Thenardite Thomsonite-Ca Tilasite Tinzenite Titanite Tlapallite Todorokite Tolbachite Topaz Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Turgite Turquoise Tyuyamunite Uraninite Uranophane ? Uranopilite Utahite Uytenbogaardtite Vanadinite Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite Vauquelinite Velikite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Volkonskoite Voltaite Volynskite 'Wad' Whewellite Willemite Winstanleyite (TL) Wittichenite var: Argentian Wittichenite Wittite Wolframite Wollastonite Woodwardite Wulfenite Xocomecatlite Yafsoanite Yarrowite Zincobotryogen Zincocopiapite Zippeite Zircon Zoisite var: Thulite

544 entries listed. 410 valid minerals. 15 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

USA Arizona Cochise Co. Ace High and Good Luck claims Allen #1 Davis test hole Area North of the Swisshelm Mountains Barney Ranch prospects Beacon Light claims Bend of Whitetail Creek area Benson Benson deposit (Benson Clay deposit) War Bonnet Ranch Benson - North of Benson - South of Bentonite Mine Black Prince claims Bowie area Grace Chabazite Mine (San Simon Creek; Grace 1-4 claims) San Simon Basin (San Simon River; Bowie Chabazite deposit) Unnamed prospect Chiricahua Mts California District Crystal Cave Oxbow Mine Price Canyon Ranch Rucker Canyon District Cochise County Manganese deposits Curtis Curtis Diatomite deposit (Curtiss Diatomite deposit) Dos Cabezas Mts Dos Cabezas (Two Heads) District Teviston District Dragoon Mts Dragoon District (Golden Rule District) Dragoon Mountains prospect Dragoon quadrangle Johnnie Boy No. 1 claim Johnny Lyon Hills Middle Pass District Red Cloud Peak Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District) Drury prospect Dubacher Canyon Muheim-Anderson prospect (Cochise prospect; Copper Queen Branch [MSHA]) Elfrida Elgin - East of Fairbanks Fourr Canyon area Fourr Ranch area Geronimo volcanic field Government Draw prospect Graham Mountains-Fisher Hills area Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District) Josephine Mine Hazelwood Mines Huachuca Mts Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District) Immigrant Canyon Fort Bowie area Industrial Management Corp. Pumice Mine Iron Door prospect (Spike Hills prospect) Jasper Mine (Lucky Strike Mine) Land Gypsum claims (Land deposit; Land Gypsum deposit) Little Dragoon Mts Cochise District May Mine McGrew Spring H Mine

USA Arizona Cochise Co. Mule Mts Warren District No Name & Trophy prospects (No Name and Trophy Mine) Northeast of Benson Pat Hills Pat Hills Mine Pat Hills South No. 1 Mine Paul District Pedregosa Mts San Bernardino Valley Pedregosa Mountain No. 1 Cinder pit Peloncillo Mts Peloncillo District Perilla Mts Douglas District (Ash Springs District) Portal Northwest of Portal Post Ranch Post Ranch deposit Red Bird Hills Red Bird Mine Redfield claims Robles Spring prospect S.J. Jordan Mine Saint David area San Bernardino Valley Bernardino pit Santa Ana Mine Silver Tip Mine Skeleton Canyon Spike-E Hills Spike-E Hills prospect Sulphur Springs Valley Pearce Hills Swisshelm Mts Swisshelm District Tombstone Hills Tombstone District Unnamed Cu prospect (12) Unnamed Cu prospect (2) Unnamed Gypsum deposit (2) Unnamed Gypsum deposit (3) Unspecified locality Whetstone Mts Whetstone District Willcox Willcox Dumortierite occurrence Willcox Playa Winchester Mts Winchester District Yellowstone District American Mine (American shaft; War Eagle Mine; La Vantia Mine; La Ventia Mine) Inez Ellen prospect Lechequilla Peak Little Christmas Mine Lower Deer Creek San Jose prospects (Gold Mine Ridge) Tip Top No. 1 prospect Unnamed Au prospect (Arizona State Land Department Mineral Lease Nos. 33783; 4394; & 4395) Unnamed Cu prospect (1) Unnamed Cu prospect (7) Unnamed Cu prospect (8) Unnamed Cu prospects (6) Unnamed Mo-W prospect