The Santa Catalina Mountains are an overwhelming presence to the north of Tucson in northern Pima County, extending into southern Pinal County to a point south of Oracle. The principal mining district is the Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District).
References
Wallace, R.M. (1951) Stratigraphy and structure of a part of the Canada del Oro district, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 55 p.
Bromfield, C.S. (1952) Some geologic features of the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Shride, A.F., McKee, E.D., and Harshbarger, J.W., eds., Guidebook for field trip excursions in southern Arizona, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, April 10-14, 1952, Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Geological Society, p. 51-55.
Butler, B.S., Grout, F.F., and Bromfield, C.S. (1952) Santa Catalina Mountains metamorphic area; trip 3 road log, in Shride, A.F., McKee, E.D., and Harshbarger, J.W., eds., Guidebook for field trip excursions in southern Arizona, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, April 10-14, 1952, Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Geological Society, p. 43-49.
Moore, B.N. (1952) Generalized geologic map and section of the Santa Catalina-Rincon Mountains, in Shride, A.F., McKee, E.D., and Harshbarger, J.W., eds., Guidebook for field trip excursions in southern Arizona, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, April 10-14, 1952, Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Geological Society, p. 50, scale 1:150,000.
Voelger, Klaus (1953) Cenozoic deposits in the southern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 101 p.
Wallace, R.M. (1955) Structure of the Northern End of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona Ph.D. thesis, University of Arizona, 45 pp.
Peirce, F.L. (1958) Structure and petrography of part of the Santa Catalina Mountains: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 86 p.
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Laughlin, A.W. (1960) Petrology of the Molino Basin area of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 53 p.
Fair, C.L. & Jinks, J.E. (1961), Santa Catalina foothills fault in the Pontotoc area, Arizona Geological Society Digest, vol. 4: 131-133.
Erickson, R.C. (1962) Petrology and structure of an exposure of the Pinal Schist, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 71 p.
Pilkington, H.D. (1962) Structure and petrology of a part of the east flank of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 120 p.
Catanzaro, E.J. (1963) Study of discordant zircons from the Little Belt (Montana), Beartooth (Montana), and Santa Catalina (Arizona) Mountains: N.Y., Columbia University, Ph.D. dissertation.
McCullough, E.J., Jr. (1963) A structural study of the Pusch Ridge-Romero Canyon area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 67 p.
Pashley, E.F., Jr. (1963) A reinterpretation of the anticlinal structure exposed in the northwest face of Pusch Ridge, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest: 6: 49-53.
Pashley, E.F., Jr. (1963) Folds in the Tanque Verde, Rincon, and southern Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona [abs.], in Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Program, 16th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, N. Mex., May 15-18, 1963: Geological Society of America, p. 41.
Peterson, R.C. (1963) Structural geology of the Sabino Canyon fold, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 37 p.
Wood, M.M. (1963) Metamorphic effects of the Leatherwood Quartz Diorite, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 68 p.
Catanzaro, E.J., and Kulp, J.L. (1964) Discordant zircons from the Little Belt (Montana), Beartooth (Montana), and Santa Catalina (Arizona) Mountains: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 28(1): 87-124.
Hanson, H.S. (1966) Petrography and structure of the Leatherwood Quartz Diorite, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 104 p.
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Waag, C.J. (1968) Structural geology of the Mt. Bigelow - Bear Wallow - Mt. Lemmon area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 133 p., 6 sheets.
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Laney, R.L. (1971) Weathering of the granodioritic rocks in the Rose Canyon Lake area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 201 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:16,000.
Shakel, D.W., Livingston, D.E., and Pushkar, P.D. (1972) Geochronology of crystalline rocks in the Santa Catalina Mountains, near Tucson, Arizona: A progress report [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 4(6): 408.
Shakel, D.W. (1974) The geology of layered gneisses in part of the Santa Catalina forerange, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 233 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000.
Sherwonit, W.E. (1974) A petrographic study of the Catalina Gneiss in the forerange of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 165 p.
Budden, R.T. (1975) The Tortolita-Santa Catalina Mountain complex: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 133 p., 5 sheets, scale 1:62,500.
Laney, R.L. (1975) Weathering of granodioritic rocks and geochemistry of water in the Rose Canyon Lake area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 7(7): 1160.
Creasey, S.C., Banks, N.G., Ashley, R.P., and Theodore, T.G. (1976) Middle Tertiary plutonism in the Santa Catalina and Tortolita Mountains, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-0262, 20 p.
Hoelle, J.L. (1976) Structural and geochemical analysis of the Catalina granite, Santa Catalina Mountains: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 79 p.
Creasey, S.C., Banks, N.G., Ashley, R.P., and Theodore, T.G. (1977) Middle Tertiary plutonism in the Santa Catalina and Tortolita Mountains, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research: 5(6): 705-717.
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Suemnicht, G.A. (1977) Geologic map and section of the Canada del Oro valley headwaters, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima-Pinal Counties, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Miscellaneous Map MM-77-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000 [scale is mistakenly stated on map as 1:1,000].
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Shakel, D.W. (1978) Supplemental road log 2, Santa Catalina Mountains via Catalina Highway, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., Clemons, R.E., and James, H.L., eds., Land of Cochise, southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society 29th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 105-111.
Keith, Stanley B., Reynolds, S.J., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M., Livingston, D.E., and Pushkar, P.D. (1980) Evidence for multiple intrusion and deformation within the Santa Catalina-Rincon-Tortolita crystalline complex, southeastern Arizona, in Crittenden, M.D., Jr., Coney, P.J., and Davis, G.H., eds., Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: Geological Society of America Memoir 153, p. 217-267.
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Bykerk-Kauffman, Ann (1983) Early to mid-Tertiary east-directed shear in the Buehman Canyon area, eastern Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 15: 425.
Bykerk-Kauffman, Ann (1983) Kinematic analysis of deformation at the margin of a regional shear zone, Buehman Canyon area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 79 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:6,000.
Di Tullio, L.D. (1983) Fault rocks of the Tanque Verde Mountain decollement zone, Santa Catalina metamorphic core complex, Tucson, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 90 p.
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Bykerk-Kauffman, Ann, and Janecke, S.U. (1986) Laramide-age ductile deformation within the lower plate of the Santa Catalina metamorphic core complex, Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 18(2): 92.
Janecke, S.U. (1986) Structural geology and tectonic history of the Geesaman Wash area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 151 p., 2 sheets, scales 1:12,000 and 1:125,000.
Aiken, C.L.V. (1987) Comment on 'Crustal structure from three-dimensional gravity modeling of a metamorphic core complex: A model for uplift, Santa Catalina-Rincon Mountains, Arizona' by W.E. Holt, C.G. Chase, and T.C. Wallace: Geology: 15(10): 978-979.
Holt, W.E., Chase, C.G., and Wallace, T.C. (1987) Reply to comment (by C.L.V. Aiken) on 'Crustal structure from three-dimensional gravity modeling of a metamorphic core complex: A model for uplift, Santa Catalina-Rincon Mountains, Arizona' by W.E. Holt, C.G. Chase, and T.C. Wallace: Geology: 15(10): 979-980.
Young, D.P. (1988) The history of deformation and fluid phenomena in the top of the Wilderness Suite, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 144 p.
Davy, Philippe, Guerin, G., and Brun, J.-P. (1989) Thermal constraints on the tectonic evolution of a metamorphic core complex (Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona): Earth and Planetary Science Letters: 94(3-4): 425-440.
Bykerk-Kauffman, Ann (1990) Structural evolution of the northeastern Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: A glimpse of the pre-extension history of the Catalina complex: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 195 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Guerin, Gwenael, Brun, Jean-Pierre, and Van Den Dreissche, Jean (1990) Kinematics of pre-Miocene ductile deformation in the Santa Catalina core complex and adjacent regions: Tectonics: 9(6): 1305-1326.
Naruk, S.J., and Bykerk-Kauffman, A. (1990) Late Cretaceous and Tertiary deformation of the Santa Catalina metamorphic core complex, Arizona, in Gehrels, G.E., and Spencer, J.E., eds., Geologic excursions through the Sonoran Desert Region, Arizona and Sonora, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran section, 86th Annual Meeting, Tucson Ariz., March 14-16, 1990, Field-Trip Guidebook: Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper 7, p. 41-50.
Palais, D.G., and Peacock, S.M. (1990) Metamorphic and stratigraphic constraints on the evolution of the Santa Catalina metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research: 95(B1): 501-507.
Dickinson, W.R. (1994) Trace of main displacement surface (bedrock/basin fill contact) of Pirate fault zone, west flank of Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-94-G, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Myers, S.C., and Beck, S.L. (1994) Evidence for a local crustal root beneath the Santa Catalina metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Geology: 22(3): 223-226.
Force, E.R. (1997) Geology and Mineral Resources of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Southeastern Arizona, with sections by Daniel M. Unruh and Robert J. Kamilli: Tucson, University of Arizona, Center for Mineral Resources, Monographs in Mineral Resource Science No. 1, 135 p., 2 sheets, scales 1:12,000 and 1:48,000.
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