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Orthoclase from
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:814584
Long-form Identifier:1:3:814584:0
GUID (UUID V4):8a93ddd8-ecfd-4569-857e-c0839c356602
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
2.9km (1.8 miles) Cayuga Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Copper King Mine (Copper Bullion Mine; Solid Copper Mine), Copper King Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) Buzzard's Shadow Mine (Cansler Mine; New York and Arizona Gold Mines), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Lakeman group, Gold Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Mansfield claim (Expectation group), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Eleven and Celtic group (Celtic group; Veiled Prophet group), Placer Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALIZATION AT CLIFTON-MORENCI. Lou•s E. REBF_a, JR. SCOPE OF PAPER. Scope of Paper .....are attributed the ore-deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district. From detailedmicroscopicand field study... The writer spent four months in the Clifton-Morenci district in the summer of I9I 5, and during the... Paper 43. 528 MINERALIZdITION /IT CLIFTON-MORENCI. 529 'for any later investigation. The general...d{str{ct ]{es{n thesouthern partof Greenlee county in southeastern Arizona, closeto the New Mexico lineandaboutt5o
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania 16652 of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building 77, 1040 E 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Abstract...from three deposits (the Silver Bell, Ray, and Morenci mines). The overall range of Cu isotope ratios...deposits reveals distinct differences—the Silver Bell mine possesses leach cap minerals that are more depleted...minerals that are more enriched in 65Cu than both the Morenci and Ray mines. A possible explanation for the difference...a greater degree of leaching than the Ray and Morenci deposits. The comparative analysis of the Cu isotope
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
..... Ajo, Arizona ...................................................... Bagdad, Arizona .............Castle Dome, Arizona ............................................... Miami district, Arizona ........................................... Ray, Arizona ....................................................... Chino............................................ Morenci, Arizona ............................................copperdeposit,Arizona .................................. SacramentoHill, Bisbee,Arizona .............
Report (issue)
[» 90± ] X-ray Powder Pattern: Black Jack mine, Idaho, USA; glycolated, di®use pattern. 17.6 (100), 4...12.55 Total 99.64 99.93 (1) Black Jack mine, Idaho, USA; corresponds to (Ca0:23 Na0:02 K0:01 )§=0:26...ma¯c rocks. Association: Plagioclase, quartz, orthoclase, montmorillonite, kaolin, allophane, muscovite...well-characterized materials are uncommon. In the USA, from Beidell, Saguache Co., and at Wagon Wheel Gap...the Black Jack mine, Carson district, Owyhee Co., Idaho; from Arizona, at Morenci, Greenlee Co., Ajo, Pima
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyrycopper ore bodiesat Ajo, Mineral Park, and Morenci, Arizona, and at Santa Rita, New Mexico, were determinedwith...potassiumis presentat the New Corneliamine and at Morenci. The intensityof thorium radiation is less distinctly...hydrothermalactivity, and supergene effects. Potassium at each mine is enriched as much as twice over similar barren...supergeneprocesses. It has long been recognizedthat the later mine whetherthis potassiumenrichmentresultsonly from...Schwartz(1947, 1955), Lovering (1949), Universityof Arizona. Salesand Meyer (1948), Hemley and Jones•(1964)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
‘Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Department of Geoscience, New Mexico...Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA (Received June 1I, 1992; accepted in revised form...on microprobes located at the universities of Arizona and Cape Town using different standards. Mea- ...2; (c) IIKAL, San Manuel, Arizona, IR = 3; (d) 5CACC, Copper Creek Arizona, IR = 4. (e) 78MAR, Maria...certain P-T-x conditions. Potassic alteration (orthoclase + biotite + quartz) is usually associated with
Book
EEL LEY. Department of Geology University of Arizona and GAOT G. HIGRS United States Geological Survey...Survey th THE UNIVERSITY Tucson, Arizona OF ARIZONA PRESS About the Editors. SPENCER . . R...Geology Department faculty at the University of Arizona, Professor Titley has carried out field and laboratory...and earned the doctorate from the University of Arizona. Caro. L. Hicks is an Editorial Assistant with...Palynology. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Copyright © 1966 by The Arizona Board of Regents Printed in
Report (issue)
2005). In some districts (for example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered... Utah (Babcock and others, 1995), and Bisbee, Arizona (Bryant and Metz, 1966), polymetallic replacement...Turkey) and(or) molybdenum (for example, Sierrita, Arizona; Continental [Butte], Montana) resources. By-Product...copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of the orebody to the 0.2 percent...km (Langton and Williams, 1982). At Sierrita, Arizona, from ore exposed at the surface to the base of
Report (issue)
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BY w-ALDEMAR LINDGREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • Arizona-Copper Company _......... _. _. _. _... ___ .................................... ~-........ 65 Morenci shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....metamorphism............................... 126 The Morenci contact zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 133 Morenci shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
agreementamong geologists--for example,the formation of orthoclase (adularia, valencianite). In his earlier paper...Lindgren states: "As a product of thermal alteration orthoclase doesnot commonlyappearand hasnot commonlybeen...a later work,8 the sameauthor doesnot mention orthoclase as a mineral of hypothermal deposits. ,Adularia...wouldcovermostprimary ore deposits. Parker* regardsvein orthoclase as amongthe first minerals form in the Alpine...the precipitation of quartz and replacementof orthoclase or microclineby albite,andon to the hydrothermalstage
Book
Mineralogy of Arizona BY GUILD F. N. Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Arizona EASTON...possible discovery of the precious or useful metals. Arizona is attracting considerable attention on account...discovered. In certain respects many of the minerals in Arizona are sufficiently unusual in their mode of occurrence...Tungstates and Molybdates Minerals Discovered in Arizona 92 97 I. NATIVE ELEMENTS Diamond, C is ...Academic des Sciences. 116, 218. THE MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA 6 gest a possible origin of the gem in nature
Report (issue)
RESUME of the GEOWGY OF ARIZONA by Eldred D. Wilson, Geologist THE ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES Bulletin...UNIVBR.ITY OP ARIZONA. PR • • • _ TUC.ON FOREWORD This "Resume of the Geology of Arizona," prepared...prepared by Dr. Eldred D. Wilson, Geologist, Arizona Bureau of Mines, is a notable contribution to the geologic...geologic and mineral resource literature about Arizona. It comprises a thorough and comprehensive survey of...continued, detailed studies which will follow. The Arizona Bureau of Mines is pleased to issue the work as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.. San Manuel, Arizona .............................................. Bagdad, Arizona ..................................................... A]o, Arizona ....................................................................................... CastleDome,Arizona .................................................... 354 354 355 355 356 356 357 357 358 Morenci,Arizona .............................................Manueldeposit,Arizona;Anderson(1) on the Bagdaddeposit, Arizona; Gilluly (4) on the Ajo deposit,Arizona; Peterson
Journal (issue)
January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extremebleaching asdoestheporphyryin thepit at Morenci, Arizona. Examplesare furnishedby the bleaching of...resulted from the development of chloriteat Ray, Arizona(81). Chloriticalteration in the Abrigo limestoneof...replacement of limestone.In the Northern Empire Mine of Canada(11) the rocksnear the veinsare brown due...locally tourmaline. At the Nighthawk Penninsulargold mine Byers (19) found the rock darkeneddue to the development...epidote,mariposite,and serpentine. At the Chesterfield Mine (14) an emerald-greenzone is described. Byers (19)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal alteration seemed evident. In the Zuni mine kaolinite is also associ- ated with pyrite and...hydrousmica, dickite,quartz, adularia. CastleDome, Arizona (17, 18) Propylitic (marginal) phase•sericite,epidote...•sericite, quartz, kaolinite,pyrite, etc. Morenci,Arizona (27) Argillic phase--allophane,halloysite,hydrous...sericite,quartz, kaolinite,pyrite, etc. San Manuel, Arizona (29) Type 1. Kaolinite, alurfite,plus lesserquartz...Light-phase:Quartz-orthoclase, sericite,biotite,chlorite,sericite,kaolinite. Ray and Miami, Arizona (27) Early
 
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