Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

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Ref.: The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Prescott, AZ: 47.

Allen, M.A. (1920).

Jenkins, O.P., and Wilson, E.D. (1920) A geological reconnaissance of the Tucson and Amole Mountains, with Notes on the southern section of the Amole mining district, by M.A. Allen: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin no. 106, 29 p.

Brown, W.H. (1939) Tucson Mountains, an Arizona basin range type: Geological Society of America Bulletin: 50(5): 697-759.

Coulson, O.B. (1950) Geology of the Sweetwater Drive area, and correlation of Santa Cruz Valley gravels: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 71 p.

Britt, T.L. (1955) Geology of the Twin Peaks Area, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 58 p.

Bennett, P.J. (1957) Geology and mineralization of the Sedimentary Hills area, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 41 p.

Whitney, R.L., 1957, Stratigraphy and structure of the northeastern part of the Tucson Mountains: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 61 p.

Colby, R.E. (1958) Stratigraphy and structure of the Recreation Redbeds, Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 54 p. Contributions to Economic Geology, 1918, Part I, USGS Bull. 690.

Kinnison, J.E. (1958) Geology and ore deposits of the southern section of the Amole mining district, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 126 p.

Imswiler, J.B. (1959) Structural geology of the Safford Peak area, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 46 p.

Kinnison, J.E. (1959) Structure of the Saginaw area, Tucson Mountains, Arizona, in Heindl, L.A., ed., Southern Arizona Guidebook II, combined with the 2nd annual Arizona Geological Society Digest: Arizona Geological Society, p. 146-151.

Greenstein, G. (1961) The structure of the Amole Arkose north of King Canyon, Tucson Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 42 p.

Bickerman (1962).

Mayo, E.B. (1963) Volcanic orogeny of the Tucson Mountains (a preliminary report): Arizona Geological Society Digest: 6: 61-82.

Mayo, E.B., and McCullough, E.J., Jr. (1964) Emplacement of basement blocks in the Tucson Mountain Chaos near Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Academy of Science, Journal: 3(2): 81-86.

McCoy, S., Jr., (1964) A description of the limestone blocks of the Tucson Mountain Chaos, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 45 p.

Horton, J.W. (1966) The geology of the Mam-A-Gah picnic area, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 59 p.

Knight, L.H., Jr. (1967) Structural geology of the Cat Mountain Rhyolite in the northern Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 68 p.

Mayo, E.B. (1968) A history of geologic investigation in the Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, in Titley, S.R., ed., Southern Arizona Guidebook III: Arizona Geological Society: 155-170.

Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 83 (Table 4).

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

A Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Mo (V) & limestone-silica flux mining area located in T.12-15S., R.11-13E. This district lies to the West of Tucson. The city has caught up with the mining areas and some of the mines are now inaccessible due to private property and residential development.

Mineralization is varied: (1) Scattered, usually small, irregular, quartz-fissure veins containing spotty base metal sulfides with gold and silver values. Also relatively small contact metamorphic and replacement deposits of partly oxidized base metal sulfides, locally containing molybdenum and vanadium minerals. Veins cut complex series of altered and deformed Cretaceous volcanics while contact metamorphic and replacement deposits are in limestone lenses in the volcanics or in erratic blocks of Paleozoic (?) limestone engulfed in later volcanics or intrusives and usually associated with igneous dikes.; (2) Weakly disseminated copper mineralization in fractured and altered Laramide intrusive and bordering volcanics; (3) Folded and faulted Paleozoic limestone; and, (4) Quartz-rich zones in volcanics containing weak and spotty copper mineralization.

Workings are mostly relatively shallow shafts, tunnels, and open cuts. One major limestone quarry for cement manufacture. Sporadic production since prior to 1900 of some 34,000 tons of ore containing about 260 tons of Cu, 335 tons of Pb, 187 tons of Zn, 27,000 oz. of silver, 1,000 oz. of gold and 17 tons of Mo concentrates. Over 14,000,000 tons of limestone used for cement manufacture. Some silica smelter flux was also produced.

Mineral List

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

Acanthite Actinolite Adamite var: Cuprian Adamite Amphibole Supergroup Andradite Anglesite Anorthite var: Labradorite Atacamite Azurite Baryte Beudantite Bornite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Carminite Cerussite

Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla 'Clay' 'Copper Stain' Cornetite Cuprite Descloizite Diopside Epidote Fornacite Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gypsum Hematite

Hematite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Kaolinite Libethenite 'Limonite' Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' Minium Mottramite Muscovite var: Sericite Oxyplumboroméite Piemontite Plattnerite Pseudomalachite Pyrite Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Agate var: Chalcedony var: Jasper var: Rock Crystal 'Roméite Group var: Stetefeldtite' Siderite Smithsonite Sphalerite Tenorite Tetrahedrite Uranophane Vanadinite Willemite Wulfenite

69 entries listed. 54 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA Arizona Pima Co. Tucson Mts Amole District Amole Peak - North base Arizona Consolidated Mine group Unnamed Cu prospect 119-14 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-6 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-41 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-45 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-6 Avra Busterville Mine Gould Mine Thunderbird Mine Bajo Mine Battle Axe Mine (Old Pueblo Mine) Carbonate Mine Columbia Mine Contzen Pass area Cymberline Mine Dakota shaft Grabe Brick Co. property Helpmate Mine Homestake Mine Hope Mine Isabel Mine (Bonanza Park Mine; Sweetwater Mine) Ivy May Mine (Arizona Tucson Mine; Arizona Tucson property; Santa Margarita Mine) Jaynes Gila Monster Mine Unnamed prospect La Plomosa Mine Lazy C Quarries Lead Flower group Lead Queen Mine Lillie claim (Silver Lillie Mine) Lincoln Mines group (Silver Roots Nos. 1-5) Little Annie Mine (Little Jimmy Mine) Little Mary Mine Lucky Strike Mine (Lucky Strike No. 1 Mine) Mirage Mine Neuguilla Mine (Nequilla Mine) Old Mission Mine (Old Bat Mine) Old Pueblo Mine (Quien Sabe Mine) Owl claim Pellegrin Mine (Arizona Mine; Old Padre Mine; Starr Mine) Pure Gold prospect Saginaw Hill (Saginaw property) Amole Mine group Beehive Peak Bee Hive Mine (Arizona-Tonopah Mine) Palo Verde Mine Papago Queen Mine (Saginaw Hill Mine; Gold Hill Mine) Saginaw Mine South side of Saginaw Hill Saguaro National Monument Acme and Ruby Silver groups Arizona Consolidated Mine (Uncle Sam Mine; Josephine Mine) Haskins prospects-Mexicana Mine Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine) Sibley Mine Saguaro National Monument West Copper King Mine group (Milewide Mine group) Copper Bell Mine Copper King Mine Milewide Mine (Mile-Wide Mine) Sedimentary Hills Sedimentary Hills Stock occurrence (Park Hill) Silver Flower Mine Silver Bell claim Silver Cup group (Teddy group) Silver Pass Mine Snyder Hill Snyder Hill Limestone deposit Snyder Hill Mine (Snyder Hill prospect) Tucson De Vay Brick Co. property Dutchess claim Sentinel Peak ('A' Mountain) - SW side Sentinel Peak area ('A' Mountain area) Tucson Mountain Park Twin Peaks Twin Hill prospect Twin Peaks quarry (Rillito Cement Plant quarry; Rillito Quarry) Unnamed Cu-Fe prospect 118-24 Unnamed Cu-Fe prospect 119-9 Unnamed Cu-Mo-Pb prospect 95-17 Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn prospect 96-10 Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn prospect 97-18 Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn prospect 97-20 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 101-32 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 117-12 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 117-18 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 117-48 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 117-63 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 117-9 Unnamed Cu-Pb prospect 97-13 Unnamed Cu-Zn prospect 117-7 Unnamed Cu-Zn prospect 97-21 Unnamed Cu prospect (11) Unnamed Cu prospect 101-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-18 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-20 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-23 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-24 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-25 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-26 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-27 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-28 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-36 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-41 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-45 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-46 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-53 Unnamed Cu prospect 101-54 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-14 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-15 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-17 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-23 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-24 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-25 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-3 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-34 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-35 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-39 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-4 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-40 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-44 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-61 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-62 Unnamed Cu prospect 117-67 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-10

USA Arizona Pima Co. Tucson Mts Amole District Unnamed Cu prospect 118-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-17 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-19 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-5 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-7 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-8 Unnamed Cu prospect 118-9 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-1 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-11 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-15 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-20 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-23 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-25 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-7 Unnamed Cu prospect 119-8 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-1 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-10 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-13 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-14 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-17 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-18 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-19 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-21 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-22 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-23 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-25 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-26 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-27 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-28 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-29 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-3 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-31 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-32 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-33 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-34 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-35 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-36 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-37 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-39 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-40 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-43 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-44 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-46 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-47 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-48 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-49 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-5 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-50 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-51 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-7 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-8 Unnamed Cu prospect 120-9 Unnamed Cu prospect 121-3 Unnamed Cu prospect 145-1 Unnamed Cu prospect 145-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 149-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 149-4 Unnamed Cu prospect 149-5 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-11 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-3 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-4 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-5 Unnamed Cu prospect 20-9 Unnamed Cu prospect 40-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 95-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 95-20 Unnamed Cu prospect 95-5 Unnamed Cu prospect 95-7 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-13 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-14 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-18 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-4 Unnamed Cu prospect 96-8 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-10 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-11 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-12 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-16 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-17 (1) Unnamed Cu prospect 97-17 (2) Unnamed Cu prospect 97-19 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 97-23 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-1 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-13 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-2 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-3 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-6 Unnamed Cu prospect 98-8 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-34 & 101-35 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-39 & 101-40 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-42 & 101-43 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-48; 101-49 & 101-50 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-56 & 101-57 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-6 & 101-10 Unnamed Cu prospects 101-7 & 101-8 Unnamed Cu prospects 98-9 & 98-10 Unnamed Fe-Cu prospect 118-18 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 117-46 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 117-47 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 117-52 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 117-54 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 96-7 Unnamed Pb-Cu prospect 98-15 Unnamed Pb-Mo prospect 95-18 Unnamed Pb-Zn-Cu prospect 98-14 Unnamed Pb prospect 117-50 Unnamed Pb prospect 117-51 Unnamed Pb prospect 117-53 Unnamed Pb prospect 117-55 Unnamed Pb prospect 117-58 Unnamed Pb prospect 98-11 Unnamed Pb prospect 98-12 Unnamed Zn-Cu prospect 117-66 Unnamed Zn-Pb-Cu prospect 117-56 Unnamed Zn-Pb-Cu prospect 117-57 Unnamed Zn-Pb prospect 117-59