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Rhodochrosite from
Higgins Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Comments:Occurs replacing dolomitic limestone; in drusy cavities in alabandite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Alabandite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Alabandite1 photo of Rhodochrosite associated with Alabandite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Higgins Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:234165
Long-form Identifier:1:3:234165:1
GUID (UUID V4):5f8906ce-a0fb-4ded-89e4-6556deedbf62
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
32.4km (20.2 miles) Lucky Cuss Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
52.3km (32.5 miles) Commonwealth Mine (Pearce Mine; Silver Ware Mine; Brockman Mine; Smith Mine; Rinaud Mine; Ritter Mine; Eisenhart vein), Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) Alta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
76.5km (47.6 miles) Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
76.9km (47.8 miles) Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
77.0km (47.9 miles) Humboldt Mine, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix claims; Hillside claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
85.1km (52.9 miles) Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
91.5km (56.9 miles) Humboldt Mine (Bradshaw Arizona Mine; May Mine; Hyde & Scott Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
92.4km (57.4 miles) Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
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Book
The Warren (Bisbee) Mining District Cochise County, Arizona Ralph J. Stegen Ernest Wright Donald G.... Bryant Arizona Geological Society Spring Field Trip April 30, 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK... Welcome to the Arizona Geological Society Spring 2005 field trip to Bisbee, Arizona. We are grateful...Society President, Ralph Stegen (Vice President, Mine-Site Exploration, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp...for granting us access to the company property in Bisbee. On this trip, we will visit one of Arizona’s most
Report (issue)
The Warren (Bisbee) Mining District Cochise County, Arizona Ralph J. Stegen Ernest Wright Donald G.... Bryant Arizona Geological Society Spring Field Trip April 30, 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK... Welcome to the Arizona Geological Society Spring 2005 field trip to Bisbee, Arizona. We are grateful...Society President, Ralph Stegen (Vice President, Mine-Site Exploration, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp...for granting us access to the company property in Bisbee. On this trip, we will visit one of Arizona’s most
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found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
Journal (issue)
THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ! RIZONA~VI CONTENTS Arizona-VI (Introduction) ............. ... ................ 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ............... .. ........ 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville .................. ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ......531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. ..
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
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Bisbee! Wm ,' .\ V> s K * *SKE» •\v ¥*• S\* 'W , 4 .v - N ■ST. -•••,> • ■% SW 'VARIZONA-III ^-^v...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 g_ g — —^ affiliated with the Friends of...September-October 1981 Arizona-m famous mineral localities: Bidee, Arizona by Richard W. Graeme a...Record Third in a series id four issues devoted to Arizona published bimonthly by the Mineralogical Record...B-2120 Schoten COVER: AZURITE on malachite from Bisbee, about 6 inches tall. William Larson specimen;
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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
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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
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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)
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/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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
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
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~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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
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both common and rare species such as calcite, rhodochrosite, spessartine, magnetite, willemite, franklinite...occurs in compact masses with kutnohorite, rhodochrosite, quartz, and minor sulfides (Dunn 1976). Rhodonite...Franklin County; at Coventry and Irasburgh, Orleans County; and at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont... at Keene, and southeast of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, and elsewhere in New Hampshire and is reported...from Haddam, Middletown, and Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, rhodonite has been
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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
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White Development Officer William D. Panczner ARIZONA-IV Associate Editors written content Paul E. Desautels...Incognita - The search for minerals in Spanish Arizona .......... 67 by W. D. Panczner and C. S. Panczner...Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R. W. Thomssen...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ......................................
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA. By E. L. JONES, Jr., and F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. By E. L....some of the old mining districts of Arizona, notably in the Bisbee, Tombstone, Globe, and Patagonia districts...Tombstone district in 1915, and from the Globe and Bisbee districts in 1916. The high prices that were offered...Geological Survey examined manganese deposits in Arizona, E. L. Jones, jr., visiting many scattered deposits...throughout the State, > and F. L. Ransome those of the Bisbee and Tombstone districts. The work of Mr. Jones
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D. Wilson, of the Arizona Bureau of Mines and Geology,to Verde Hot Springs,Arizona. At a late stagein...each of the four groups was well represented--Arizona,southeasternCalifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana...hoped that the precisesourceof the samplesin the mine and district was recordedand that the explorationsrevealedthe...Samples .4rizona--CochiseCou•ty.--No. 1. Higgins mine: The Higgins opencut (Twilight Claim) explored a large...manganeseoxides on the hillside one mile west of Bisbee. During 12 years of operation,about 16,000 tons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
juvenileorigin. In a reporton the Superiordistrict,Arizona,in 1914 (61), Ransome applied theterm "hypogene"...simple,nearly horizontal surface,as at Tombstone,Arizona, above which the oxide minerals of manganese are...adequatelyprovedthat the oxidesof manganeseare derived from rhodochrosite, the depth to water varies considerablythroughoutthe...New Mexico, and the Aguila district, Mohave County,Arizona and severalother districts,have been closelystudied...known that in some base-metalmining districts rhodochrosite,rhodonite, and alabandite tend to be concentratedin
Show/Event (guide)
Color Separations Hollis Phototechnics Tucson, Arizona Printing Waverly Press Easton, Maryland © 1989...crystal group, 13 cm, from the Eagle’s Nest mine. Placer County, California. Found in 1988. Collection of...sampler of local fun & flavor 2 Lost mines of Arizona ................................ Gold & silver...collector 13 The Mineral Museum of the University of Arizona A fine public collection just minutes away 17...accumulating. Although the Spanish travelled through Arizona as early as the 1530’s, it was Father Eusebio Francisco
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Scotia,lar[ genealterationof suchmineralsas rhodochrosite and masses of manganite are made up of close]...carbonate;rarely, it results from Table 1, DFH-169). In this mine, somelayers m chocolate-brown plumo• supergene alterationof...enclosing lighter areas of rhodochrosite wi• drusy cavities, New Ross mine, Lunenburg, Nova Scoti The...Plumoseaggregatesof fine manganitealternatingwith layers of rhodochrosite, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Group,British...percent;andcopperis lower. Smallamounts the Club House mine, Arkansas, in which such of cobalt,nickel, and thallium
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...gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example, under the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa
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November-December 1993 Volume Twenty-four, Number Six Articles Bisbee revisited: an update on the mineralogy of this...Seelite, a new uranium mineral from the Talmessi mine, Iran, and Rabejac, France .......................reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 Subscriptions...second-class postage (USPS 887-700) paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, C alifornia....................471 by R. C. Erd
Report (volume)
_ atidnal' Forest, > gy of Cot Southeastern Arizona, and; ,' r*~' f '' V ' * *^* *" Southwestern New'...Geology of Coronado National Forest, Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico Edited by Edward A...geology of Coronado National Forest, southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico / edited by Edward...GEOLOGY OF CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO Edited by Edward A...assessment of Coronado National Forest, southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, synthesized from available
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Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
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Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Articles Bisbee revisited: an update on the mineralogy of this...Seelite, a new uranium mineral from the Talmessi mine, Iran, and Rabejac, France .......................mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............. 471 by R. C. Erd, A....emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...·ember-December, /993 P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85 740 Tel: 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 419
 
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