 | Schumer, Benjamin N., Stegen, Ralph J., Barton, Mark D., Hiskey, J. Brent, Downs, Robert T. (2019) Mineralogical Profile of Supergene Sulfide Ore in the Western Copper Area, Morenci Mine, Arizona. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (3) 391-401 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WESTERN COPPER AREA, MORENCI MINE, ARIZONA BENJAMIN N. SCHUMER§* University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences...Geosciences, 1040 E. 4th Street Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA RALPH J. STEGEN Freeport McMoRan, Inc., 10861...Ste. 141, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 USA MARK D. BARTON University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences...E. 4th Street Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA J. BRENT HISKEY University of Arizona, Department of Mining...E. Rogers Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA ROBERT T. DOWNS University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences |  | | Report (issue) | | Trip 18 : Safford District (Sanchez) and Morenci - Metcalf October, 1994 Bootprints Along the Cordillera... Dear Field Trip Participants: On behalf of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy...October 2, 1994 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK MORENCI DISTRICT AND SAFFORD DISTRICT(Sanchez) FIELD TRIP...the Cordillera" post-meeting field trip to the Morenci and Safford mining districts. The trip will examine...mineralization, and copper oxide mineralization at Morenci on the first day of the trip. Day two will be spent |  | Enders, M. S., Knickerbocker, C., Titley, S. R., Southam, G. (2006) The Role of Bacteria in the Supergene Environment of the Morenci Porphyry Copper Deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 101 (1) 59-70 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.1.59 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Supergene Environment of the Morenci Porphyry Copper Deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona M. STEPHEN ENDERS,† Newmont...of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5640 SPENCER R. TITLEY,...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 AND GORDON SOUTHAM Department...along the 5200 bench of the Metcalf pit within the Morenci copper deposit revealed that acidophilic iron oxidizing... 0.39% S). The modern climate in southwestern Arizona is semiarid and exhibits a biannual wet-dry cycle |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carbonates at the Northwest Extension Deposit, Morenci District, Arizona: Implications for Conditions of Supergene...Corporation, One North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Abstract Stable isotope analyses were performed...Northwest Extension copper oxide deposit, Morenci district, Arizona. The δ18O values of azurite (23.3–25.5‰...dominant phase. Introduction THE MORENCI mining district in southeastern Arizona hosts one of the largest supergene...the genesis of oxide copper mineralization at Morenci. Previous work Various people have studied the |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (outside the USA) 2014 Abstract A combination of petrographic observations...Phoenix, 333 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA A. E. Koenig U.S. Geological Survey, MS-964 Denver...Federal Center, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA Present Address: P. Nadoll (*) CSIRO-ARRC, 26 Dick...Federal Center, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA Co, Zn, and for (III) hydrothermal skarn magnetite...al. 1964). c Simplified geological map of the Morenci porphyry Cu deposit and the associated structurally |  | | 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 |  | | 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 ............. |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 .................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits rOf the Steeple Rock Mining District, Grant County "New Mexico M ^: By ROY L. GRIGGS and HOLLY C.... Center-Pennsylvania mine. _____________________________________ East Camp mine ____________________...__________________________ Mohawk mine._______________________________________________ Other mines.-__-_-------...the Carlisle mine area. Geologic map of the Carlisle mine. Sections through the Carlisle mine. FIGURE 1...____ 6. Geologic map of the Center-Pennsylvania mine, 120-foot leveL_------------_--____._-_______..____ |  | | 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) | | ............................................. Sericite ................................................products are green biotite, chlorite, muscovite,sericite, hydromica,kaolinite, and other clay minerals...biotite-albite-quartzorthoclasealterationfaciesat Bagdad,Arizona. He notedthat the leafy, disseminatedbiotitewas...have escapednotice in others where chlorite and sericite are abundant. In some thin sectionsthere is a...25 mm as the basis of differentiation between sericite and muscovite. In describing the alterationof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | continues. The most characteristic minerals include sericite,quartz, chlorite, sulfides,epidote,zoisite, clinozoisite...productconsistingin somedistricts,for example, of quartz and sericite. A conspicuous feature of the alteration of the...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the alteration and are commonly convertedto sericite as the processcontinues. The detailed paragenesisof...hydrothermal alteration seemed evident. In the Zuni mine kaolinite is also associ- ated with pyrite and...bearingquartzand in the Tomboymine it is mixed with sericite. Thus Ransomeclearlyrecognizedthe hydrothermalorigin...mineralsare associatedwith quartz, barite, and sericite. The clay minerals replacefeldsparphenocrysts...the formation of kaolinite, generally without sericite, constitutesthe characteristicalteration. An associationof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chlorite-sericite-epidote-magnetiteassemblageyielding to an inner zone of quartz-K4eldspar-sericite-chlorite...(and earliest) outward through phyllic (quartz-sericite-pyrite), argillic (quartz-kaolin-montmorillonite)...Kalamazooportionof the San Manuel-Kalamazoo district,Pinal County,Arizona, has presentedan unparalleledopportunityfor...centerof the orebodyis 1968), located in Pinal County, Arizona, is here poorlymetallized, so that ore actuallyformsa...montmorillonite,quartz-kaolin, or quartz-sericite and zunyite,and quartz-coarse sericite-K4eldspar,content in plagioclasesites |
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Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA