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Gila Co., Arizona, USA

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References:
Ransome, F.L. (1919), The copper deposits of Ray and Miami, Arizona, USGS PP 115: 192.

Granger, H.C. (1955), Dripping Spring quartzite, Arizona, in Geologic investigations of radioactive deposits - Semiannual progress report, USGS TEI 540.

Granger, H.C. (1956), Dripping Spring quartzite, geologic investigations of radioactive deposits, U.S. Department of the Interior TEI 620: 204-209.

Peterson, N.P. (1962), Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, Arizona, USGS PP 342.

Granger, H.C. & R.B. Raup (1969), Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Arizona, USGS PP 595.

Helsley, C.E., and Spall, H. (1972) Paleomagnetism of 1140- to 1150-million-year diabase sills from Gila County, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research: 77: 2115-2128.

Welty, J.W., and Schnabel, Lorraine (1989) Bibliography for metallic mineral districts in Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-01, 121 p. [superseded by Welty, J.W., and others (1989), Arizona Geological Survey Circular 27].

Welty, J.W., DeWitt, Ed, and Schnabel, Lorraine (1989) Bibliography for metallic mineral districts in Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Circular 27, 81 p.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 110, 122, 130, 193, 257, 296, 358, 407, 431.




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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Aikinite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
Allophane
Alunite
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
var: Manganoan Ankerite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Antlerite
Apachite (TL)
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Bassetite
Beidellite
Berlinite
Beryl
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Biotite
Boleite
Bornite
Braunite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Buserite
Calcite
var: Limestone Onyx
Calomel
Carnotite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chlorargyrite
var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinoclase
Clinohedrite
Clinozoisite
Clintonite
Coffinite
Conichalcite
Copiapite
Copper
'Copper Stain'
Covellite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Descloizite
var: Cuprian Descloizite
'Diatomaceous Earth'
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
Duftite
Eglestonite
Enargite
Endellite
Enstatite
Epidote
 'Erionite'
Erythrite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrokaersutite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Forsterite
var: Peridot
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gilalite (TL)
Goethite
Gold
Goslarite
Graphite
var: Uraniferous Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
'Halotrichite-Pickeringite Series'
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Hetaerolite
'Heulandite'
Hisingerite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
'Horn Silver'
Hübnerite
Hydrocerussite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrozincite
Iddingsite
Illite
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Junitoite (TL)
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kinoite
Koechlinite
Ktenasite
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Laumontite
Lepidocrocite
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindgrenite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Massicot
Matlockite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
Mercury
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metacinnabar
Metanováčekite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite
Metazeunerite
Mimetite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Murdochite
Muscovite
Natrojarosite
Natrozippeite
Nontronite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
 Palygorskite
Pargasite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumice'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chert
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rosasite
Ruizite (TL)
Rutile
Saléeite
Sauconite
'Scapolite'
Scawtite
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
'Silica'
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stephanite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
var: Molybdenian Stolzite
Stringhamite
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Talc
Tennantite
var: Argentiferous Tennantite
var: Mercurian Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
'Tiger's Eye'
Titanite
Tobermorite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Turquoise
Tyuyamunite
Ulvöspinel
Uraninite
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vesuvianite
Volborthite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Whelanite
Willemite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
var: Tungstenoan Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xonotlite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite


1937 entries listed. 215 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
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  • Arizona
    • Gila Co.
      • Aravaipa District
        • Aravaipa Valley
          • Klondyke area
      • Black Mountain area
      • Castle Peak area
      • Christopher Creek
      • Diamond Rim
        • Tonto Village
        • Tonto Village area
            • Dripping Spring Wash
            • Tornado Peak
          • Dripping Springs
              • Keystone Gulch
              • Schneider Hill
            • Tornado Peak area
          • Kelvin
          • Winkelman
              • Cowboy Gulch area
          • Green Valley
      • Dripping Springs Wash area
          • Double Mountain area (Double Buttes area)
        • Big Canyon Tank No. 2 area
        • Carrizo area
        • Cedar Creek
        • Cibecue Peak area
        • Double Buttes area
        • East Cedar Creek
        • Middle Cedar Creek
        • Mogollon Rim area
          • Salt River
            • Cibecue Creek-Salt River Draw confluence with the Salt River area
              • Rock Canyon deposit area
        • White Mts
        • Wild Dove Butte area
      • Gerald Wash area
        • Squaw Peak area
        • Doughboy shaft area
          • Fairgrounds area
          • Globe
            • Black Peak area
              • Copper Hill
            • Buffalo Gulch
              • Pinal Creek
            • Burch area
              • Radium
            • Copper Hill
              • Big Johnnie Gulch
              • Black Peak area
                • Black Peak
                  • Keno Fraction and Magnet claims
              • Coyote Canyon
              • Quartzite Peak
            • Fairgrounds area
              • Big Johnnie Gulch
              • Old Dominion vein system
            • Midland City area
            • Nugget Mountain area
          • Barnes Peak area
          • Claypool
            • Gerald Wash
          • Gerald Wash
          • Gerald Wash area
                • Webster Gulch
            • Myberg Basin
          • Inspiration Mine area
          • JK Mountain area
            • Copper Cities Mine area
              • Tinhorn Wash
              • Days Peak
              • Lost Gulch
            • Miami-Inspiration deposit
            • Porphyry Mountain area
            • Sleeping Beauty Peak
          • Needle Mountain area
          • Top of the World
            • Pinto Creek
          • Top of the World area
            • Powers Gulch
            • Piebald Gulch
      • Granite Mountain area
        • Pinto Creek
      • Greenback Creek area
      • Hackberry Mountain area
      • Haigler Creek
        • Haigler Canyon Campground area
      • Hells Gate area
        • Gordon Canyon
      • Horse Camp Mesa area
        • Horsecamp Creek
      • Kohls Ranch
      • Kohls Ranch area
          • Four Peaks Wilderness area
          • Lone Pine Saddle
          • Theodore Roosevelt Dam area
            • Mills Cove Campground area
        • Payson District (Green Valley District)
          • Boyd Mountain area
          • Mazatzal Wilderness area
            • Boyd Mountain area
            • North Peak area
          • North Peak
          • Baker Mountain area
          • Deer Creek Village area
            • Gold Creek
          • Kayler Butte area
          • Malone Mountain area
            • Slate Creek
            • Slate Creek
      • Mazatzal Wilderness area
          • El Capitan
            • El Capitan Canyon
          • El Capitan Mountain
          • Old Baldy area
          • Pasadera Mountain area
      • Mogollon Rim Visitor Center area
      • Oxbow Mountain area
        • Alderwood Campground area
        • Haigler Creek
        • Birch Mesa
        • Boyd Mountain area
          • Rye Creek
        • Buckhead Mesa
        • Crackerjack Mesa
        • Crackerjack Mesa area
        • Cypress Hill area
        • Diamond Point area
        • East Verde River area
        • Gallups
        • Geronimo Estates
          • Cedar Mesh summit area
            • Shannon Gulch
        • Gibson Peak area
          • Bishop Nose
        • Houston Mesa area
        • Moore Mountain area
        • Oxbow Estates area
          • Moore Mountain area
            • Oxbow Gulch
        • Round Valley
          • Table Top
        • Table Top area
          • El Capitan Pass area
        • Globe-Miami District
          • Haunted Canyon
          • Ice House CCC Campgrounds area
          • Kellner Picnic Area area
          • Little Acres area
          • Madera Peak area
          • Mays Gap area
            • Lyons Canyon
          • Pinal
          • Pinal Peak area
          • Pinal Ranch quadrangle
            • Pinal Ranch
              • Lyons Canyon
          • Pioneer Mountain
          • Pioneer Mountain area
          • Top of the World
            • Hutton Peak area
          • Top of the World area
            • Five Point Mountain
            • Five Point Mountain area
              • Bellvue town site
            • Pinto Creek
      • Pinal Ranch quadrangle
        • Powers Gulch
      • Pine area
        • Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
      • Roosevelt
        • Ash Creek area
        • Blue House Mountain quadrangle
          • Salt River
        • Chrysotile
        • Chrysotile area
        • Haystack Butte area
          • Cibecue Creek-Salt River Draw confluence with the Salt River area
          • Mule Hoof Bend
          • Mule Hoof Bend (Oxbow Bend)
          • Mule Hoof Bend area (Oxbow Bend area)
          • Picacho Colorado area
      • Salt River Mts
        • Salt River Peak area
        • Apache Ridge
        • Bear Canyon Junction
          • Bear Creek
        • Bear Canyon Junction area
          • Sontag Creek
        • Black Mesa area
          • Cassadore Spring area
        • Blue River
        • Bucket Mountain area
        • Dads Lookout area
          • Bucket Mountain area
          • Dick Spring Canyon
          • Hog Mountain area
            • Red Whiskers Spring
        • Indian Lookout area
        • Peridot
        • Salt River
        • Salt River District
          • Canyon Creek Butte area
          • Salt River
            • Mule Hoof Bend (Oxbow Bend)
            • Salt River Canyon
            • Sawmill Canyon
            • Seneca
          • Skeleton Wash
          • Oak Creek
          • San Carlos Basin
        • Seneca
          • I.S. Hole Canyon
        • Talkalai Lake area
      • Shell Mountain
          • Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area
            • Bull Canyon
            • Rose Creek Lodge area
            • Warm Spring Canyon
          • Ash Creek
          • Aztec Lodge area
            • Workman Creek
            • Workman Creek area
            • Rose Creek Lodge area
          • Board Tree Saddle area
            • Cherry Creek Canyon
          • Center Mountain area
            • Center Mountain area
            • Horse Camp Mesa area
            • Pendleton Mesa area
          • Copper Mountain
          • Copper Mountain area
            • Greenback Peak area
          • Cow Flat Mountain area
          • Dutchwoman Butte area
            • Armer Wash
          • Greenback Creek area
          • Greenback Peak area
            • Buck Peak (Laufler Peak)
          • Gunsight Butte area
          • Hackberry Mountain area
          • Horse Camp Mesa area
            • Cherry Creek
            • Cherry Creek Canyon
          • Jakes Corner area
          • Jerky Butte area
          • McFadden Peak
          • Mistake Peak area
          • Pendelton Mesa area
            • Wilson Creek Canyon
          • Reynolds Creek Campground
          • Reynolds Creek Campground area
          • Rose Creek Lodge area
            • Workman Creek
          • Shell Mountain area
            • Aztec Lodge area
            • Center Mountain area
            • Cherry Creek Canyon
            • Coon Creek area
            • Deep Creek Canyon
            • Devil's Chasm
            • Cactus Butte area
          • Thompson Mesa area
          • Vosburg Mesa area
            • Walnut Creek area
            • Aztec Lodge area
            • Rose Creek Lodge area
      • Signal Creek District
        • Gallups
      • Sloan Creek
        • Asbestos Explorations Company leases
            • Vosburg Mesa area
        • Brady Canyon
        • Chalk Mountain area
        • Jim Sam Butte area
        • Pine
        • Spring Creek area
          • Jim Sam Butte area
            • Rock Creek Canyon
          • Squaw Mesa area
        • Twin Butte
          • Greenback Creek
        • Wolverton Mountain area
        • Young area
          • Mailbox Mesa
      • Spurlock area
      • Theodore Roosevelt Lake area
        • Grapevine Group Campground area
          • Deer Creek Village area
          • Greenback Creek area
          • Jakes Corner
          • Jakes Corner area
          • Rancho Del Escondido
          • Rancho Del Escondido area
          • Roosevelt Lake Gardens East area
            • Greenback Creek area
          • Rye
      • Young

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