Molybdenite from Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
USA | |
| MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048219, MRDS ID #M800305. |
| Freeport-McMoRan |
| Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 135 (Table 4); Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 220; Kirkemo, H., et al (1965), Investigations of Molybdenum Deposits in the Conterminous United States 1942-60, Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bull. 1182-E: E12; Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. | |
| Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 302; Guild, F.N. (1934), Microscopic relations of magnetite, hematite, pyrite and chalcopyrite, Econ.Geol.: 29: 107-120. | |
| Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 218; Kirkemo, H., et al (1965), Investigations of Molybdenum Deposits in the Conterminous United States 1942-60, Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bull. 1182-E: E12; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 41; Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 24. | |
| Personal knowledge and consultations with knowledgeable professionals |
| MRDS database Dep. ID file #10103751, MRDS ID #M050384. | |
| MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039575, RDS D #M050359. |
| ASARCO site geologist. | |
| Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 302. | |
| Freeport-McMoRan |
Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA