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Illite from
Miami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Comments:Occurs in the Miami orebody associated with other clay & alteration minerals as a product of hydrothermal alteration of granite porphyry and schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Halloysite
Kaolinite
Sericite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243345
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243345:5
GUID (UUID V4):4656d3a6-42ee-48e5-81fb-ca7372082080
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
38.7km (24.0 miles) 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Dripping Springs Valley Chabazite deposit, Dripping Spring Wash, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
62.0km (38.5 miles) Poston Butte deposit (Continental Oil Co. property; Aztec Exploration and Development Co. property; Florence Conoco; Florence Copper Co. property), Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
78.8km (48.9 miles) Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli group), San Manuel, San Manuel Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
88.7km (55.1 miles) Big Mine, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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)
/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/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
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)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 Abstract The root...systems in Arizona recently have been characterized at a reconnaissance level: the Miami Inspiration system... and associated with the Yerington mine and the AnnMason deposit, provide a basis of comparison. All...reconstructions) between the roots and the ore deposit, from the studies that identify timelines linking...roots with those in the mineral deposit, and from systems in which the deposit itself is well characterized
Report (issue)
from Florence to Miami, Arizona Compiled by Stephen M. Richard Guidebook for the Arizona Geological Society...Society Spring Field Trip April 20-21, 1996 Arizona Geological Society P.O. Box 40952 Tucson, AZ 85717...FLORENCE (POSTON BU1TE) PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA. By C. K. HOAG . 9 17 STOP 4. NORMAL...CANYON AREA, NORTHWEST O F SUPERIOR, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA. B y 1. E. SPENCER AND S. M. RICHARD 22 STOP...TEAPOT MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA, BY S. M. RICHARD AND 1. E. SPENCER ......
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...R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both the operational and...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
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variousstagesof kaolinization. In the Silverton district of Colorado,Ransome(19) in 1901 referred to kaoliniteas...hydrothermal alteration seemed evident. In the Zuni mine kaolinite is also associ- ated with pyrite and...1,300feet, whichwas the maximum depthof mining in the district. Ransome'swell-knownability as an observeris...Goldfieldwas primary, i.e., hypogene. In the Ray and Miami districts Ransome (24) describedkaolinite associatedwith...hydrousmica, dickite,quartz, adularia. CastleDome, Arizona (17, 18) Propylitic (marginal) phase•sericite,epidote
Report (issue)
Creek district Arizona Geological Society February 2001 Field Trip Leader: Tim Marsh, AMT (USA) Inc....field guide to the Copper Creek district Timothy M. Marsh, PhD AMT (USA) Inc. 7400 N. Oracle Road, Suite...Suite 343 Tucson, AZ 85704 Prepared for the Arizona Geological Society Field Trip, February 24, 2001 Introduction...miles northeast of Tucson Arizona, 12 miles east of BHP's San Manuel-Kalamazoo mine/mill/smelter complex,...1200 m (4000 ft.). The Bunker Hill (Copper Creek) district has a long history of copper and molybdenum production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyritic granite at Luhr Hill in the Yerington District, Nevada. Coarse muscovite at Luhr Hill occurs...Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, USA muscovite in deep veins...copper systems in Arizona (Sierrita-Esperanza, Kelvin-Riverside, Ray, and Miami-Inspiration). Nonetheless...alteration in Miner Deposita the Yerington District, Nevada, describes characteristics of associated...root zones of four porphyry copper systems in Arizona (Seedorff et al. 2008). Coarse muscovite veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Arco Hills Silica and Gold Project in Butte County, Idaho: Results of an Ore Quality Spot Check and...Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Miami University Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA; lindemcr@miamioh.edu (C...& Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; mcleodcl@miamioh.edu Correspondence:...Kinnikinic Quartzite, ~4.5 km east of Arco, Butte County, Idaho (43.639091◦ , −113.243295◦ ), for ore quality...potassium feldspar, minor iron oxides, and secondary illite. The bulk chemical characterization of 20 samples
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful
Catalog/List
TO SCOTT WILLIAMS MINERAL 457 • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 COMPANY 85252 SOUTHWEST...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Copper Center in the Superior (Pioneer) District, Arizona SCOTT L. MANSKE† Independent Consultant, P...copper deposit has been discovered in the Superior (Pioneer) district of east-central Arizona, lying...that averages between 1.0 and 2.0 percent Cu. The deposit is hosted by a thick sequence of Cretaceous (?)...envelopes. Surface and underground drilling into the deposit has outlined a zone of ≥1.0 percent hypogene Cu...southwest. The deposit augments the Laramide-age porphyry copper cluster of east-central Arizona. It lies within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Copper Flat Hydrothermal System, New Mexico, USA Chaneil J. Wallace, Kierran C. Maher PII: DOI: Reference:...the Copper Flat Hydrothermal System, New Mexico, USA, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/...Copper Flat 2 Hydrothermal System, New Mexico, USA 3 Chaneil J. Wallace* and Kierran C. Maher 4 5...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, New Mexico...Flat hydrothermal system in Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA, is hosted by a partially brecciated porphyritic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Assessment: A Study on Core from the Cadia East Porphyry Deposit Cassady L. Harraden,1,† Matthew J. Cracknell,1...Carey,3 and Anthony C. Harris2 1 Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC), an Australia Research Council...Tasmania 7001, Australia 2 Newcrest 3 Corescan Mining Limited, 600 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria...6104, Australia Abstract The Cadia East porphyry deposit, located approximately 20 km south of Orange, New...extract ore, the underground mine currently uses the block cave mining method. The Cadia East geotechnical
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of ~100,000 to several million years, whereas deposit clusters or alignments as well as entire belts...in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...concept once one or more systems are known. At the deposit scale, particularly in the porphyry Cu environment...concentration may also result. Recognition of single ore deposit types, whether economic or not, in porphyry Cu...RICHARD H. SILLITOE search for other related deposit types, although not all those permitted by the
Catalog/List
Geology ..... . Petroleum Geology ..... . Mining and Mining Engineering . Prospecting and Fluorescence...VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79...TT 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD , INC. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA , U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961 by Scott Williams Mineral...fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite
Journal (issue)
Tri-State District! The Mineralogical Record MARCH-APRIL 2017 • VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 • $25 The Tri-State...Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma by Denise Bicknell Wendell E. Wilson 2017 The Mineralogical...Mineral Association of Dallas (MAD) (2009–2017) Arizona Mineral Minions (2016) 170 FELLOWS Bryan K. Lees...FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany
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THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ! RIZONA~VI CONTENTS Arizona-VI (Introduction) ............. ... ................ 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ............... .. ........ 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville .................. ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ......531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
workers undoubtedly recognize this problem (Meyer district-scale view of their characteristics. In addibetween...Mg and other elements for A1, and in the form of illite to occur interlayeredwith montmorillonite.Chloriteand...biotite at the baseof the leachedcapping at Safford, Arizona suggestto the writer that some sericitemay be supergene...low stfifides.It is possible that two stagesof Arizona, modified after Lowell (1968). 924 ARTHUR W...typesof intrusiveigneousrock are presentin the district. The Last Chancestock 0•..• GRAVEL andthesouthern
Journal (issue)
Maloney Bethesda, Maryland Joseph Urban Tucson, Arizona Ruth Cole Wertz Silver Spring, Maryland PHOTOGRAPHIC...Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...collecting rocks FUI July 15, 1978 4 sh Emperor gold mine and gold ore BRAZIL June 8 1974 40 c sandstone...sandstone cliffs January 13, 1969 40 c Emperor gold mine and gold ore FRANCE July 8, 1975 September 27, 1969
 
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