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Willemite from
Texas Arizona Mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Comments:Occurs as sprays of acicular crystals in gossan cavities and as crystalline coatings in metamorphosed limestone.
Habit:Acicular, minute glassy prisms
Colour:Colorless, white
Luminescent properties:Bright creamy yellow (SW UV)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz5 photos of Willemite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hematite3 photos of Willemite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Limonite1 photo of Willemite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Rosasite1 photo of Willemite associated with Rosasite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Texas Arizona Mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129216:9
GUID (UUID V4):762884a2-d164-4b21-a557-e4a8234d9312
Nearest other occurrences of Willemite
1.5km (0.9 miles) Stroud Brothers Mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Unnamed W-Cu prospect, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Burro Pit, Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Little Fanny Mine group, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Silver Cloud Mine, Escapule Mine group (Escapule Mine; Joe Escapule Mine; Moonlight group; Northside group; Garnet group; Arizona group), Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) Unnamed V-Mo prospect, Yellowstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) Defiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Mystery Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goodsprings, Nevada, USA. 6.77 (10), 2.480 (7), 2.72 (6), 3.14 (5), 1.688... Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Goodsprings, Nevada, USA; CO2 by difference. (2) Zn5 (CO3 )2 (OH)6 . Occurrence:...incrustations in mine workings and caves. Association: Smithsonite, hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite...Malfidano, near Buggerru, and in the Gutturu Pala mine, north of Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. In commercial...and at Udias, Cantabria Province, Spain. In the USA, from Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; Linden
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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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/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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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
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz 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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IN CARBONATE ROCKS NEAR JOHNSON CAMP, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA BY JOHN R. COOPER ABSTRACT Contact-metamorphosed...quartz monzonite at Johnson Camp, in Chochise County, Arizona. The metamorphosed carbonate rocks show successive...Generalized sketch map of Johnson Camp Gunnison Hills 594 area, Arizona 579 Volume relations 595 2. Cross...Cross section through Republic mine showChemical and spectrographic data 597 ing thinning of middle member...577 578 J. R. COOPER—CARBONATE ROCKS, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA TABLES Page Table 1. Distribution of metamorphic
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits of the Dragoon Quadrangle Cochise County, Arizona By JOHN R. COOPER and LEON T. SILVER GEOLOGICAL...ore deposits of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona, by John R. Cooper and Leon T. Silver....Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona. 1964. (Card 2) 1. Geology-Arizona-Cochise Co. 2. Ore--depo...Ore--deposits-Arizona-Cochise Co. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Arizona-Cochise Co. I. Silver, Leon Theodore...author. II. Title: Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent
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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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1336 04624 6683 GEOSCIENCE PRESS, INC. PHOENIX, ARIZONA Copyright © 1994 by Manuel Robbins Library of... 12629 N. Tatum Boulevard, Suite 201 Phoenix, Arizona 85032 (602) 953-2330 Manufactured in the United...cass scrsncssheccwns aensdesee setae se see Willemite cots eas.in cance sume bce enema oer ecet nee...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its
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1336 04624 6683 GEOSCIENCE PHOENIX, PRESS, INC. ARIZONA Copyright © 1994 by Manuel Robbins Library of... 12629 N. Tatum Boulevard, Suite 201 Phoenix, Arizona 85032 (602) 953-2330 Manufactured in the United...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;... N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower right...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pohl Richard Graeme D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum =Donald Olson ‘Delma Perry
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Clouo rrnn·a, Arizona; (lower right...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...Richard Graeme DJ D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller DK Arizona-Sonora Desert DM Museum DO = "Donald Olson Delma...Sherburn = Terry \Vallace VY we University of Arizona Victor Yount \\' iJ!iam and Ann Cook WD \Vayne
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publish statistics relative to New Mexico geology, mining, milling, metallurgy and oil and natural gas and...literature pertaining to the progress of geology, mining, milling, smelting and the production of oil and...upon the occupation of the people. To study the mining, milling, smelting operations and oil and natural...communicate special information on New Mexico geology, mining, both metallic and non-metallic, oil and natural...with the University of New Mexico, with the State Mine Inspector and with other departments of State Government
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Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...John Anthony-Prof. of Mineralogy, University of Arizona in Tucson, for his gift of fine mineral specimens...Ontario Museum , Toronto , Canada University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Mineralogical Museum, University...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...Union formation in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH:
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Localities for Yellow- and Orange-Fluorescing Willemite T H E " W I L L E M I T E , P A R T I I " C O...reviewed the butter-yellow fluorescing willemite found in so many Arizona localities. Whatever the conditions...conditions that produce such willemite, they are not unique to Arizona, for similar specimens are found elsewhere...Mexico The Merritt mine in Socorro County has furnished micro­ scopic crystals of willemite much like those...those of Arizona. The crystals are hexagonal prisms about 1 mm long, glassy, and colorless except for a
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Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas By BRENDA HOUSER With a paper on the GREATERVILLE PLACER...PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological Society...AZ 8 571 7 Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas, Southeastern Arizona! By BRENDA HOUSER With...GREATERVILLE PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological...Cemetery ................... 12 Mowry Town Site and Mine ........................ 14 Mowry Sme ter l Site
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ALICE PUSTER Pomona, California Overlooking golden hills Stand crumbling walls of sun baked clay. The timeless...retreats, and out of hiding steal the shadows dim. Hills exchange their purple robes for gowns of darker...climbs in the east— sober, pure and pale. Majestic hills, long centuries old, white monuments of sand Watch...And the fragrance of verbena fills the air, I lift mine eyes to star-jewelled heavens; And from my humble...3-6—Hopi Craftsman Exhibit. Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona. Volume 15 July 4—Fourth of July celebration
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that Mitchell has written another series of lost mine articles, to be published in DESERT and later to...this series is Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Some two dozen of Mitchell's earlier lost mine tales of California...California, Arizona and New Mexico appeared in DESERT beginning in 1940. • This month's story by Charles...a recent discovery of a group of ruins on the Arizona-New Mexico state line which are believed to be...Club trek to Kofa mountains and Kofa Palm canyon, Arizona. Parker Severson, 1220 N . Beachwood Dr., Los Angeles
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work demonstrations, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona. July 1-4—Rodeo and barbecue, Cloudcroft...Prescott, Arizona. S A G U A R O . P h o t o g r a p h b y G e o r g e Olin, N o g a l e s , Arizona. POETRY...dances, Flagstaff, Arizona. July 2-4—Celebration and "Pageant of Progress," Bisbee, Arizona. July 2-5—Third...Desert Botanical garden, Papago park, Phoenix, Arizona. July 2-5—Annual Apache fiesta and Devil Dance...4—Annual free barbecue and street sports, Payson, Arizona. July 4—Annual New Mexico. rodeo, Cimarron,
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shown, To be victorious in life—ah, weeds. • • • ARIZONA By W. Lou BERKNESS Long Beach, California Only...The bliss of space, The sands of peace. Tucson, Arizona It asks for little sustenance, This wasteland tempered...FISHER Los Angeles, California While some may mine the hills for gold Or dig for gems the rocks may hold... 27 NEWS Here a n d There on the Desert 29 MINING C u r r e n t n e w s briefs 32 HOBBY G e m...on a loop route through Flagstaff and Cameron, Arizona, Monument Valley and Blanding, Utah, Mesa Verde
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cases the text lists only the pervasive rences, mining and cutting techniques, or market and or especially... such as those exposed in the Grand Canyon of Arizona, are bedded sedimentary rock layers. It is important...natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful... tions PC: Private Collection LA: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles) COMMENTS This section contains...axis c axis Topaz: a axis 0.1 0.2* 0.2* mean, Gunnison, Colorado Colorado Kyanite: c axis b axis mean
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Mitchell Frenchmen's Lost Gold Mine. Mitchell Don Joaquin and His Gold Mine. Mitchell Black Butte Gold.... David Champion Lost Josephine Gold Mine. Charles Kelly Shorty and the Lost Chinaman. William Caruthers...William Caruthers Dec.'42 There's Bees in Them Hills. Ethel Capps Jun.'43 Man Who Heard Music in the... Richard Van Valkenburgh ...Jul.'43 MINES AND MINING— 1-1 List Gold on the Banks of the Hassayampa....Charles Kelly ....Aug.'43 Miner's Wife in the Copper Hills. Helen Anderson __..Aug.'44 GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY—
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and lore of stones, descriptions of occurrences, mining and cutting techniques, or market and price data... such as those exposed in the Grand Canyon of Arizona, are clearly derived from the weathering of bedded...natural or synthetic, but, also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful...from the Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Domeykite is from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake...Lake Superior district, Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from Chile, Germany, Sweden, and from Cornwall
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