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Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

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Founded in 1875. One of fifteen Arizona counties. It is located in the center of the state, N of Pima Co., W of Gila and Graham Cos., S and E of Maricopa Co. The area is a total of 5374 square miles. The county name is believed to have derived from the Apache term for "deer."



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

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

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in Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-01, 121 p. [superseded by Welty, J.W., and others (1989), Arizona Geological Survey Circular 27].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, 257, 317, 358.





 Map Reference: 32°59'15"N , 110°46'13"W

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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Adularia'
Ajoite
Alamosite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allophane
Alunite
Amesite
Analcime
Andalusite
var: Titanian Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Azurite
Baryte
Beaverite
Beidellite
Bementite
'Bentonite'
Bideauxite (TL)
Biotite
Bisbeeite
Bixbyite
Boleite
Bornite
Braunite ?
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
'Chromian Leadhillite'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinoclase
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinozoisite
Colusite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
'Copper Stain'
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Coronadite
Corundum
Covellite
Cowlesite (TL)
Creaseyite (TL)
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Delafossite
Descloizite
var: Cuprian Descloizite
Devilline
Diaboleite
'Diatomaceous Earth'
Dickite
Digenite
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Duftite
 Enargite
Endellite
Epidote
Epsomite
Eriochalcite
'Erionite'
Erionite-K
Famatinite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Fraipontite
Freibergite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
Garronite
Goethite
Gold
Grossular
Groutite
Gypsum
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemihedrite (TL)
Hemimorphite
Hetaerolite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Hisingerite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hydrobiotite
Hydrocerussite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydrozincite
Iddingsite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Iodargyrite
Iranite
Jalpaite
Jarosite
Jurbanite (TL)
Kaolinite
Kentrolite
'K Feldspar'
Laumontite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Leucoxene
'Lévyne'
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindgrenite
Macquartite (TL)
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Mammothite (TL)
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
'Marble'
Massicot
Matlockite
Melanotekite
Mercury
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Mimetite
Minium
Mixite
Molybdenite
var: Rhenian Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Mottramite
Munakataite
Murdochite (TL)
Muscovite
Neotocite
Niter
Nitratine
Nitrocalcite
Nontronite
Nukundamite
'Obsidian'
Offretite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orpiment
Orthoclase
 Orthoserpierite
Palygorskite
Paralaurionite
Paratacamite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosgenite
Phosphohedyphane
Pickeringite
Piemontite
Pinalite (TL)
Plancheite
Plumbonacrite
Plumbotsumite
Polybasite
Powellite
Proustite
Pseudoboleite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chert
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Queitite
Ramsdellite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhomboclase
Rosasite
Rutile
Sauconite
Scheelite
Schorl
Scolecite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Shannonite
Shattuckite
Siderite
'Silica'
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Starkeyite
Stibiconite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Surite
Szomolnokite
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tsumebite
Turgite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vésigniéite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Wherryite (TL)
Willemite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
var: Tungstenoan Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Yedlinite (TL)
Zircon
Zoisite
Zunyite


2014 entries listed. 238 valid minerals. 11 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Arizona
    • Pinal Co.
      • Allens Peak area
      • Barkerville area
            • Putnam Wash
        • Black Mountain area
          • Durham Wash
        • Fortified Peak area
      • Blackwater area
        • Cholla Mountain
      • Brandenburg Mountain area
        • San Pedro Valley
      • Cactus Forest area
      • Casa Grande
            • Toltec
          • Oro Negro Mining Company properties
      • Childs area
      • Christmas area
        • Ash Creek
        • Granite Mountain area
        • White Canyon Wilderness
          • Granite Mountain area
      • Coronado Wash area
      • Cottonwood Canyon District
        • Apache Junction area
      • Cottonwood Wash-Box O Wash confluence area
      • Crescent District
        • Black Hills
          • Signal Peak area
          • Riverside
          • Steamboat Mountain area
          • Troy area
          • Winkelman area
            • Little Gold Gulch
          • Dripping Springs
          • Steamboat Mountain area
          • Tiger Mountain
          • Tiger Mountain area
            • Hackberry Gulch
        • Mineral Creek District
          • Hot Tamale Peak area
          • Scott Mountain area
          • Granite Mountain area
          • Hot Tamale Peak area
          • Ray Hill area
            • Narino
              • Mineral Creek
          • Scott Mountain area
          • Sleeping Beauty Mountain
          • Sleeping Beauty Mountain area
          • Teapot Mountain
          • Grey Horse Mine (Grayhorse property; Black Cap; U.S. Vanadium group; Sullivan claims; J.J. Sullivan prospects; Esperanza group; Coral Canyon claim)
          • Riverside
          • Steamboat Mountain area
          • Lee Mountain area
          • Winkelman area
            • Saddle Mountain area
      • Dripping Springs Mts
        • Dripping Springs District
          • Tiger Mountain area
      • Dudleyville area
        • Feldman
      • Durham-Suizo District
          • Brady Wash area
          • Durham Wash area
        • Durham Wash area
        • Suizo Mts
          • Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash confluence area
          • Coronado Wash area
          • Olsen Wash area
          • Parker Wash area
      • Durham and Coronado Washes area
      • Eloy
        • Bunker Hill District
          • Sombrero Butte area
          • Copper Creek
          • Copper Creek area
          • Hat Top Mountain area
          • Mercer Ranch area
            • Copper Creek area
          • Sombrero Butte peak area
            • Sombrero Butte
              • Mulberry Wash
          • Table Mountain
          • Table Mountain area
        • Holy Joe Peak area
        • Table Mountain District
          • Table Mountain area
        • Pima Butte
          • Camp Rivers area
          • Fraguas
          • Sacaton Peak area
        • Santa Cruz
          • Butterfly Mountain area
        • Santan Mountain
          • Yellow Peak area
        • Santan Mts
          • Yellow Peak area
          • Montezumas Head area
          • Seven Mile Mountain
        • Antelope Peak
        • Putnam Wash area
        • Goldfield
        • Goldfield area
          • Goldfield
            • Bulldog Canyon
          • Goldfield area
      • Goldfield Mts
        • Goldfield District
          • Goldfield
      • Gonzalez Pass
      • Granite Hills area
      • Grayback [peak] area
      • Hat Top Mountain area
      • Hayden
        • Barkerville
          • Cottonwood Hill area
        • Cottonwood Hill area
          • Brady Wash
          • Cottonwood Wash
        • Cottonwood Peak area
          • Cottonwood Wash
      • Ironwood Forest National Monument
            • Indian Head area
        • Wildcat Peak area
      • Lookout Mountain area
        • San Pedro Valley
      • Mammoth area
        • Black Hills
          • Mammoth
            • Signal Peak area
          • Signal Peak area
          • Tarr Wash
          • Tucson Wash
          • Aravaipa Creek area
          • Tucson Wash
        • Mammoth area
        • North Mammoth
      • Midway between Tucson & Florence
      • Mineral Butte area
          • Martinez Canyon
        • Dromedary Peak area
          • Box Canyon
        • South Butte area
        • Superior area
          • Reymert Canyon
      • Ninetysix Hills
        • Allens Peak area
        • Coyote Peak area
      • North Butte area
      • Oak Wells area
      • Owl Head District
        • Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash confluence area
        • Coronado Wash area
        • Desert Peak area
        • Durham and Coronado Washes area
          • Coronado Wash
        • Olsen Wash-Coronado Wash area
        • Owl Head Buttes area
        • Park Line Road area
        • Parker Wash area
          • Picacho area
          • Granite Hills
            • Treadway Mountain area
          • Granite Hills area
          • Newman Peak area
          • Picacho Peak
          • Picacho Peak area
          • Wymola
            • Picacho Pass
          • Hutton Peak area
          • Kings Crown Peak area
            • Comstock Wash
          • Roblas Butte area
              • Belmont Canyon
              • Pacific Canyon
            • Apache Leap area
            • Gonzales Pass area
            • Kings Crown Peak area
              • Yellow Jacket Wash
          • Hutton Peak
          • Hutton Peak area
            • Iron Canyon
            • American Mine (Fondern and Gibson property)
            • Five Point Mountain
          • Top of the World
            • Powers Gulch
            • Powers Gulch area
        • Lookout Mountain area
          • Camp Grant Wash
          • Putnam Wash
      • Queen Valley
        • Elephant Butte area
      • Randolph
      • Reddington area
        • Kielberg Canyon area
      • Riverside District
        • Gila River
        • Grayback [peak] area
          • Gila River
          • Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area
        • Kelvin area
        • Riverside
        • Riverside area
      • San Carlos Indian Reservation
        • Dripping Spring Mts
          • Saddle Mountain District
            • Lee Mountain area
        • Jerusalem Mountain
        • Lee Mountain area
          • Deer Creek
        • San Manuel-Mammoth area
          • Whitlock Wash-San Pedro River confluence area
        • San Manuel area
          • Peppersauce Wash
        • San Pedro River-Alder Wash confluence area
          • San Pedro River
      • San Pedro Valley
        • Whitlock Wash area
          • East Bank San Pedro River
          • Apache Peak area
            • Peppersauce Wash
          • Biosphere 2 area
            • Apache Peak area
              • Campo Bonito Mines
            • Campo Bonito Mines
            • Kerr
            • Matas
          • Catalina
            • Irene Wash
          • Rice Peak area
          • Saddle Brooke
            • Charouleau Gap area
          • Saddle Brooke area
      • Santan Mts
        • Chandler Heights area
          • Santan Mountains Regional Park
            • Goldmine Mountain
            • Santan Mountain area
      • Sawtooth Mts
        • Sawtooth District
          • Indian Head area
      • Signal Peak area
      • Sonoran Desert National Monument
        • Table Top Mts
          • Table Top Wilderness
            • Black Mountain area
      • South Butte area
        • Box O Wash
      • Stanfield
        • Oro Negro Mining Company properties
      • Stanfield area
        • Superior
          • Sleeping Beauty Peak area
          • adjacent to State Route 177
        • White Canyon Wilderness
          • Walnut Canyon area
        • Goldfield District
          • Goldfield area
        • Hackberry Butte area
          • Superstition Wilderness Area
            • Government Hill area
            • JK Mountain area
          • Buzzards Roost area
          • Gold Canyon Ranch
          • Gold Canyon Ranch area
          • Superstition Mountain area
          • Goldfield District
            • Apache Junction
            • The Flatiron [peak] area
          • Government Hill area
          • Hackberry Butte area
          • Iron Mountain area
          • La Barge Mountain area
          • West Fork Pinto Creek
        • Saddle Mountain District
        • Chuichu area
          • Greene Wash area
        • Cimarron Mts
          • Cathedral Rock area
        • Copperosity Hills
          • Cathedral Rock area
          • Lake St Clair
        • Kohatk Valley
          • Totopitk area
                • White Horse Pass area
            • Silver Reef Mountains
              • Chuichu area
              • Tat Momoli area
            • Prieta Peak area
            • Tat Momoli area
        • Tat Momoli Mts
          • Chuichu area
        • Vaiva Vo (Cockleburr) area
        • Vekol District
          • Sif Vaya area
            • Kohatk
            • Kohatk area
            • Sif Vaya area
              • Kohatk Wash
      • Tom Mix Monument area
        • Brady Wash
      • Top of the World area
          • Cedar Mountain area
            • Meyer Wash
            • Swingle Wash
          • Horse Hills
            • Cedar Mountain area
        • Cottonwood District
          • Cottonwood Wash area
          • Crozier Peak area
        • Kelvin area
            • Ripsey Wash
          • Oracle Junction area
          • Owl Head Buttes area
            • Guild Wash
      • Walnut Canyon-Gila River confluence area
      • West Silver Bell Mts
        • Solo Peak area
        • Roblas Butte area
        • Grayback [peak] area
        • Paisano Wash area

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