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Biotite from
Dragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1512831
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1512831:9
GUID (UUID V4):864ba29e-f0ce-4e5d-bbf2-6b2558d7925b
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘPicacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘMidnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘPurple Passion Mine, Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘSpringfield Mine (Springfield group; Springfield shaft; Venus claim; Gorilla claim), Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine (Rainbow deposit; Rainbow lode; Rainbow prospect; Rainbow group), Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
55.9km (34.8 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
58.5km (36.4 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine and Quarry; Patented claims 1528; Blue Coat vein; Blue Buck claim), Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
70.6km (43.8 miles) ⓘPiestewa Peak area (Squaw Peak area), Phoenix Mountains, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
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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)
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
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KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...and Exhibition of the Dragon Gold Specimen, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California............cjstefanoxls@gmail.com Hauerite from the Destricella mine Circulation Manager & Staff Photographer Christi...GOLD (nicknamed “the Dragon”), 22.9 cm, from the Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription
Journal (issue)
Setting ALSO INSIDE A Palette of Green Gemstones Arizona Quartz Crystals & Nodules Washington Fairy Stones...47, No. 9 • September 2017 16 WHY WULFENITE? Arizona selects a surprising state mineral. 10 By Bob...gemstone. By Mark Leatherman DATE CREEK QUARTZ AND WICKENBURG NODULES 62 Rockhounding along Arizona’s Joshua...odd choice for Arizona’s state mineral. Red Cloud mine specimen. (Jeff Scovil photo) EDITORIAL CONTACT...British Investment Group.idml 9 7/26/17 7:03 PM Arizona Selects a Surprising State Mineral Story by Bob
Report (volume)
Mountains Wilderness Study Areas, Pima County, Arizona ARIZONA Chapter E Mineral Resources of the...Coyote Mountains Wilderness Study Areas, ¡ Pima County, Arizona By GARY A. NOWLAN, GORDON B. HAXEL, . WILLIAM...WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR....Coyote Mountains Wilderness Study Areas, Pima County, Arizona I by Gary A. Nowlan ... [et al.]. p. em. -...mineral resources-Arizona-Baboquivari Peak Wilderness. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Arizona-Coyote Mountains
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and the J ackpile deposits to the east; (2) in Arizona, the Orphan deposit lies northwest of the San Francisco...southern margin of the Plateau in New Mexico and Arizona, and a west prong extends northward through Marysvale...the accompanying chemical changes. Caribou Mine, Boulder County, Colorado Among the Front Range veins, the...montmorillonite Seridtization Orthoc1ase, andesine, biotite Sericite Carbonatization Feldspars Replacement...andesine (65-75 per cent of the rock), augite and biotite (20-25 per cent), rare hornblende, apatite, sphene
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Alteration of Chink Siltstone and Uranium Emplacement, Arizona and Utah Abstract: On the Colorado Plateau, at...mineralization, as noted in three areas. (1) Near Cameron, Arizona, a silicified zone is accompanied by extensive...area, Arizona San Rafael Swell, Utah General statement Silicification in pinto strata Magor mine Green...Green Dragon No. 3 mine Dirty Devil No. 6 mine (Tomsich Mountain) Lucky Strike mine Conrad mine Uranium mineralization...statement 24 Magor mine 24 Conrad mine 26 Lucky Strike mine 26 Green Dragon No. 3 mine 27 Interpretation
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races, at Arizona Snow Bowl, Flagstaff. Jan. 3-6 — Livestock show, Fairgrounds, Phoenix, Arizona. Jan. 5-7—Arizona...5-7—Arizona Newspaper association convention. Phoenix. Jan. 6—El Dia de los Tres Reyes, ceremonial dance...Don's club trek to Tucson, Arizona. Jan. 7 — Round-up safari, Wickenburg, Arizona. Jan. 12—Phoenix Symphony...Symphony concert. Phoenix, Arizona. Jan. 12-27—Art display sponsored by Women's Ten Thousand club, El Centro...of native palm trees (Washingtonia filifera) in Arizona. Tour starts 9:00 a.m. from chamber of commerce
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Book (volume)
Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example, under the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N...35-03-A wA 113-49-A w W MO 81 PBA CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT...CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E
Report (issue)
distinguish the Broken Top flow from underlying Blue Dragon Flow (Qcfa2). Unit includes slabs of lava, as much...flow. Cone is 115 m high and 1 km in diameter Blue Dragon pahoehoe and a'a basalt-hawaiite flows (Holocene)...indicate a high-volume, short-duration eruption. Blue Dragon flows lie on top of the Trench Mortar Flat flows...Craters of the Moon National Monument are in the Blue Dragon flow. Mean age of four radiocarbon samples of charcoal...cones were sources for some of the earlier Blue Dragon flows (Qcfa2). Fissures (Qcea3) on north flank
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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variable than their Oxs/Oxøratios. The averageI•D of biotite and hornblende from mafic and ultramafic rocks...variety Taylor and Epstein (1968) have shownthat biotite of interpretationsof their geologichistory. An...ascendingHowever, we estimatethe equilibrium water-biotite OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS OF MINERALS...alterationtypes recognizedare: 1966). (1) quartz-orthoclase-biotite alteration (2) quartz-sericite alteration closely...formations of this are given in Table 3. ! A [] OSWALDO MINE / LEEHILLAREA 1886 // (tactite copper mineralization)
Report (issue)
History of the Iron Industry in Utah ¡ .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ¡ .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¡ .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky...Rocky Range deposits . . . .10 Old Hickory mine . . . . ¡ . 11 Montreal magnetite-copper property . . .
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 (issue)
Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare
Report (issue)
Utah, and about 150 square miles is in Rio Blanco County, Colo. Bound,aries of the irregularly shaped area...FORMATION, UTAH AND COLORADO 0 Escalante 0 ARIZONA 0 FIGURE 25 NEW¡ MEXICO 50 Durango --------------...drained by perennial streams. The nowabandoned mine camps of Dragon, Rainbow, and W atson were inhabited when...Hill Creek, sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., Uintah County, Utah. Tgp, Parachute Creek Member, including the...parallel to Main Canyon and on the south by the Uintah County line. Tongue A crops out throughout much of the
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What's New in Minerals: Cerussite, Amethyst Hill, Arizona by T. P. Moore ..................................$384/three years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Mineral Association of Dallas(MAD)(2009-2021) Arizona Mineral Mi.nions(2017-2019) Just Us Regular Collectors...the history, mineralogy and geology of Bisbee, Arizona, was born in Bisbee on December 13, 1941, the son...Geological Engineering, awarded by the University of Arizona in 1972. Fol­ lowing graduation, he was appointed
Report (volume)
McDooglepluton______________________________________ Dragon pluton __________________ ¡- _________ ________...__ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ __ _ 12. Volume percent of biotite and hornblende plotted against volume percent of...McDoogle pluton________________________________ 19. Dragon pluton___________________________________ 20. Lamarck...pluton__________________________________ 40. Contact between biotite schist and quartz monzonite of the Siberian pluton...pluton_____________________________________ 9. Dragon pluton ________________¡________________________
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GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pipe, Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona: evidence for a magmatic–hydrothermal origin Eric...The Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona, contains more than 500 mineralized breccia pipes...chalcopyrite, bornite, anhydrite, and calcite. Biotite 40Ar/39Ar dates suggest a minimum age of 61.5±0...Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, USA e-mail: ericanderson@usgs.gov W. W. Atkinson Jr....Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA T. Marsh 10354 East Jan Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85208, USA A. Iriondo Centro de Geociencias
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(SHRIMP) U–Pb on zircon and 40Ar/39Ar on muscovite, biotite, hornblende, and plagioclase of crosscutting pre-mineralization...Resource Exploration. The property is now owned by the Dragon Mountain Gold Company Ltd. The area includes three...porphyritic biotite monzogranite, and a smaller inner zone of equigranular medium-grained biotite monzogranite...by dykes consisting of fine- to medium-grained biotite-bearing, quartz-rich granite. A small portion of...oligioclase (∼25 vol.%), quartz (∼25 vol. %), biotite (5–10 vol.%), and rare hornblende (1–3 vol.%) in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization and alteration accompanying faulting 4. Mine adit in bleached-clay zone 5. Dolomite masses replacing...eight States from North Dakota on the northeast to Arizona on the southwest (Fig. 1). Most mining activity...uranium-bearing pipe, Woodrow Mine 1103 27. Orphan Mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona... 1101 28. Circular collapse...River View Uranium Mine, Cameron, Arizona 1105 31. Volcanic centers of northeastern Arizona. 1106 32. Volcanic...Uranium-bearing channel, Chinle formation, Cameron, Arizona 1107 34. Unaltered Chinle strata overlying altered-ore
 
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