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Epidote 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:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Comments:Product of hydrothermally altered dioritic rocks.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stilbite Subgroup1 photo of Epidote associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Gypsum1 photo of Epidote associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote 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:251802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:251802:2
GUID (UUID V4):c493bafd-dad8-4e3e-ad8e-2c679c30cb20
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
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
5.6km (3.5 miles) Senator Morgan Mine group, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Prosperity Mine group (Helmet Peak group; Helmet Peak Mine; Prosperity claims), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) San Xavier Mine (San Xavier Mine shaft), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) Mineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Unnamed Mn prospect, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Black Dike Mine (Black Dike group; Black Dike claim; Black Dike deposit; Black Dyke Mine; Big Dike; Bobson group; Big Dike Apex & Ajax), Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) Hermits Home Mine (Hermit's Home claim), Rattlesnake Canyon, Agua Caliente Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
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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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HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS, SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA WILLIAM J. A. STAVAST,†,* Center for Mineral Resources, Department...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ROBERT F. BUTLER,** Department...University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ERIC SEEDORFF, MARK D. BARTON, Center for Mineral Resources... University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 AND CHARLES A. FERGUSON Arizona Geological Survey... 416 West Congress Street, Suite 100, Tucson, Arizona 85701 Abstract Multiple lines of evidence, including
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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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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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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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198-21;; RegionalFracturingin Laramide Stocksof Arizona and its Relationshipto Porphyry Copper Mineralization...copperdepositsscatteredthroughoutthe Basin and Range Provinceof Arizona. A structuralanalysisof thesefeatures,employingSchmidtequalarea...subdued localarcheselongated NNW throughout mostof Arizona. Differentialverticaluplift of thesecrustalblocksoccurred...approximately25 foot intervals Basin and Range Province of Arizona. As used along irregular traversesthrough each...includethe intrusiverocksof of the area sampled. the Sierrita, Bagdad and Ithaca Peak p6rphyry Min•ralized joints
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Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, Department of Geosciences University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street...Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 † Corresponding author e-mail, srunyon@wyo.edu Present address: Geology...within the Laramide arc in Arizona, as well as at the Yerington district in Nevada. This work describes...systems in this region and documents mineral assemblages, mineral compositions, F spatial and temporal...paleodepths of ~3 to 12 km: MiamiInspiration, Sierrita-Esperanza, Copper Basin (Crown King), Granite
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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
 
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