β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Manganese King group, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USABlack Diamond group, Cimarron Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 2 Mine (Stella Maria No. 2 Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAPaul Hinshaw property (New Ore Mine [?]), Casa Grande, Cimarron Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 112-113. |
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β Galena Formula: PbS Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: Manganese King group, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 2 Mine (Stella Maria No. 2 Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 112-113. |
β Hollandite Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
β Huntite Formula: CaMg3(CO3)4 Description: As nodular masses in altered limestone with magnesite & as micro-crystals. Reference: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 253, 284. |
β Magnesite Formula: MgCO3 Reference: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 253, 284. |
β Manganite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) Localities: Stella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USABlack Jack Mine, Drew Spring Well, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 116 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 109-111. |
β 'Psilomelane'Localities: Manganese King group, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USABlack Diamond group, Cimarron Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USABlack Jack Mine, Drew Spring Well, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USACadillac group, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 112-113. |
β Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 Localities: Stella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USACadillac group, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 116 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 109-111. |
β Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID file #10008540, MRDS ID #D000824. |
β Tenorite Formula: CuO Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. |
β 'Wad'Localities: Manganese King group, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAStella Maris No. 1 Mine (Drew Springs Mine; Black Widow Mine), Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USABlack Jack Mine, Drew Spring Well, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 115 (Table 4); Farnham, et al (1961): 112-113. |
β Willemite Formula: Zn2SiO4 Fluorescence: Bright green (SW UV) Reference: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 420-421; Wilson, E.D. & G.H. Roseveare (1949), Arizona nonmetallics: A summary of past production and present operations (2nd.ed.), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 155: 48; Funnell, J.E. & E.J. Wolfe (1964), Compendium on nonmetallic minerals of AZ, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio. |
Cimarron Mountains, Cimarron Mining District, Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA