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Sphalerite from
Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:537562
Long-form Identifier:1:3:537562:2
GUID (UUID V4):e4c06ceb-a3f5-4f2a-ae30-e439603a70c0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Esperanza Mine [new] (Esperanza pit; Esperanza open pit mines; West Esperanza Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Esperanza Mine group [old], Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Crown King & Tiger Mine groups (Crown King and Tiger Mines), Esperanza Mine group [old], Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Contention Mine (North Star Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Scorpio Annex Copper project, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Copper Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Copper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Paymaster Mine group (Victoria group), Olive Camp, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Paymaster No. 6 Mine, Paymaster Mine group (Victoria group), Olive Camp, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) CWT Mine (C.W.T. Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita Mountains...nearly meridional mountain ranges of southern Arizona. They separate the Santa Cruz Valley on the east...Santa Rita Mountains to the east or the Baboquivari Range to the west, the Sierrita Mountains are of minor...scenically unimpressive. On the west side of the Sierrita Mountains, mainly in a rather definite belt of foothills...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what
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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...nature to include all known occurrences of every mineral which has been found in the state. Of the more...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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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...Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of mineral information contained
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/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
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press...Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and
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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...curator of the Mineralogical Museun1. His studies in mineral synthesis, crystal structure analysis, and classical
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Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona By JOHN R. COOPER MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY...STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-D Descriptive stratigraphy............................... Members in the Twin Buttes quadrangle .. Members in the Palo Alto Ranch...ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE 1. Map of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico showing location of
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