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Quartz from Pioneer Mining District (Superior Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA

USA
 
  • Arizona
    • Pinal County
      • Kings Crown Peak area
        • Comstock Wash
Wilson, E.D., et al (1950), Arizona zinc and lead deposits, part I, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 156: 98.
Rocks & Min.: 21:431
      • Potts Canyon
        • Unnamed volcanic knob
[var. Chalcedony] Bearce, Neil R. (2004), Minerals of Arizona: 161 (Site 49).
      • Superior area
        • adjacent to State Route 177
Alex Ober's Collection
      • Superior
        • Apache Leap
          • Belmont Canyon
Wilson, E.D., et al (1950), Arizona zinc and lead deposits, part I, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 156: 95.
Wilson, E.D. & G.M. Butler (1930), Manganese ore deposits in AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 84-85.
The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 60.
        • Magma Chief Copper Mine (Magma Chief group of claims; Magma Chief Mine; Patented claims MS 3482; Patented claim MS 3483)
Wilson, E.D. & G.M. Butler (1930), Manganese ore deposits in AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 84
Jones, E.L., Jr. & F.L. Ransome (1920), Deposits of manganese ore in Arizona, USGS Bull. 710-D: 162.
Presmyk, Les (2020) The Magma Mine, Pioneer District, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. Rocks & Minerals, 95 (1) 68-91 doi:10.1080/00357529.2020.1670573
Barnes, Reginald, Hay, Mark (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: the Magma Mine [Arizona]. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (2) Tucson. 72-82
        • Picketpost Mountain area
Rolf Luetcke
Hehnke, C., Ballantyne, G., Martin, H., Hart, W., Schwarz, A., & Stein, H. (2012). Geology and exploration progress at the Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Arizona. Geology and exploration progress at the Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Arizona, 147-166.
Manske, S. L., & Paul, A. H. (2002). Geology of a major new porphyry copper center in the Superior (Pioneer) district, Arizona. Economic Geology, 97(2), 197-220.
 
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