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Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

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Yuma County is in the far Southwestern corner of Arizona. This area is very hot and dominated by a persistent desert.

NOTE: Relatively recently the county was sub-divided into La Paz County and Yuma County, with La Paz County taking over roughly the Northern half of the old Yuma County. This division is sometimes overlooked in citing localities, particularly if older references are employed. The remaining Yuma County contains the significant Castle Dome District in the Castle Dome Mountains.



References:
Wilson, E.D. (1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 134: 42.

Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona.

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.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 414.




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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Andalusite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Aurorite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
'Bentonite'
Beryl
Biotite
Bixbyite
Boulangerite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Carnotite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Fire Agate'
'var: Petrified Wood'
'var: Sardonyx'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
'Clinoptilolite'
Colemanite
'Copper Stain'
 Covellite
Cuprite
Cuprotungstite
Descloizite
Epidote
Fluorite
Freieslebenite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gold
Groutite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kyanite
Limonite
Litharge ?
Magnetite
var: Lodestone
Malachite
Manganite
Massicot
'Mica Group'
Mimetite
var: Vanadian Mimetite
Minium
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nsutite
 'Obsidian'
Opal
Orthoclase
Polybasite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
var: Chert
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Salammoniac
Samarskite-(Y)
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stolzite
Talc
Todorokite
Torbernite
Uranophane
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Weeksite
Willemite
Witherite
Wulfenite


795 entries listed. 78 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Arizona
    • Yuma Co.
      • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
      • Bear Hills
      • Bouse District
      • Bryan Mts
        • Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
      • Buck Peak
      • Cabeza Prieta Game Range
          • Keystone claim area (Goat claim area)
          • Kofa Game Range
            • Slumgullion Pass
          • Red Bluff Mountain
          • Thumb Butte area
          • U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
      • Columbus Peak
      • Cunningham Mountain
      • Cunningham Pass
      • Dome
      • Dome area
        • Eagletail Mountains Wilderness Study area
      • Eagle Tail Mts (Cemetary Ridge) area
      • Gila Bend
          • Columbus Peak
        • Blaisdell
          • Kinter
          • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
            • Fortuna Mine area
      • Growler
      • Harcuvar
      • Hoodoo Well
      • Kofa Game Range
          • Kofa Game Range
            • Cemitosa Wash
            • Ocotillo
            • Palm Canyon
            • Owl Head
          • Wintersburg
          • Kofa Game Range
      • La Paz Mountain
          • U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
          • Kofa Game Range
      • Livingston Hills
          • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
            • Mohawk
          • U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
            • Mohawk
          • U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
          • Horn
          • Neversweat Ridge
          • Palomas Mts
      • Nottbusch Butte
      • O'Neill Hills
        • Cabeza Prieta Game Range
      • Owl Head
      • Palmerita Ranch
          • Coronation Mine group
          • Ibex Peak
      • Plomosa Pass
      • Raven Butte
          • Engesser Pass
          • Kofa Game Range
            • Engesser Pass
          • U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
          • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
            • Tule Mts
          • Cabeza Prieta Game Range
          • Cabeza Prieta Mts
            • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
          • Copper Mts
            • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
          • Coyote Wash
            • Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
              • Coyote Wash
            • Wellton Mesa
      • Yuma
        • Colorado River

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