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Squaw Peak area (Piestewa Peak area), Phoenix Mts, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Viridine
Squaw Peak area, Phoenix Mts, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Photo: 2007 Peter Cristofono

Latitude: 33°33'44"N
Longitude: 112°1'14"W

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A group of kyanite occurrences on Squaw Peak, especially the SW slope, and a nearby hill. A mining operation was conducted at some point and a recorded 38 tons of kyanite were mined.

In 2003, the peak was renamed Piestewa Peak.

Mineral List

Andalusite
var: Viridine
Biotite
'Chlorite Group'

Chloritoid
'Garnet'
Ilmenite
Kanonaite

Kyanite
'Manganoan Andalusite'
Muscovite
Piemontite

Spessartine
Staurolite
var: Zincian Staurolite

15 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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References

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 110, 171, 265, 271, 328, 376, 380.

Wilson, E.D. & G.H. Roseveare (1949), Arizona nonmetallics: A summary of past production and present operations (2nd. edition), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 155.

Thorpe, D.G. & D.M. Burt (1980), A unique chloritoid-staurolite schist from near Squaw Peak, AZ, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 12: 193-200

Peirce, H.W. (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file

Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, AZ Dept. of Min. Resources, Min Rpt. No. 2

MRDS file #10060213.

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