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Biotite from
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:716728
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716728:7
GUID (UUID V4):8ae42f29-32fb-408f-8e84-c992f98888bc
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) Commonwealth Mine (Pearce Mine; Silver Ware Mine; Brockman Mine; Smith Mine; Rinaud Mine; Ritter Mine; Eisenhart vein), Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
59.0km (36.7 miles) Fourr Ranch area, Fourr Canyon area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
63.3km (39.4 miles) Burrito de Fierro Mine, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) La Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
73.6km (45.7 miles) Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
75.1km (46.7 miles) Tungsten King Mine, Black Rock group, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) Burro Pit, Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
76.1km (47.3 miles) Flys Peak (Fly Peak), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
The Warren (Bisbee) Mining District Cochise County, Arizona Ralph J. Stegen Ernest Wright Donald G.... Bryant Arizona Geological Society Spring Field Trip April 30, 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK... Welcome to the Arizona Geological Society Spring 2005 field trip to Bisbee, Arizona. We are grateful...for granting us access to the company property in Bisbee. On this trip, we will visit one of Arizona’s most...with a rich history that is well documented at the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum (a must-see!). Our
Report (issue)
The Warren (Bisbee) Mining District Cochise County, Arizona Ralph J. Stegen Ernest Wright Donald G.... Bryant Arizona Geological Society Spring Field Trip April 30, 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK... Welcome to the Arizona Geological Society Spring 2005 field trip to Bisbee, Arizona. We are grateful...for granting us access to the company property in Bisbee. On this trip, we will visit one of Arizona’s most...with a rich history that is well documented at the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum (a must-see!). Our
Journal (issue)
Bisbee! Wm ,' .\ V> s K * *SKE» •\v ¥*• S\* 'W , 4 .v - N ■ST. -•••,> • ■% SW 'VARIZONA-III ^-^v...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 g_ g — —^ affiliated with the Friends of...September-October 1981 Arizona-m famous mineral localities: Bidee, Arizona by Richard W. Graeme a...Record Third in a series id four issues devoted to Arizona published bimonthly by the Mineralogical Record...B-2120 Schoten COVER: AZURITE on malachite from Bisbee, about 6 inches tall. William Larson specimen;
Report (issue)
. " . ,,-,�-- . --,- , , ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP 1988 ,I � �, ----' SOCIETY...L [ L L , \ . I , . l " L l, . L ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1988 Fall Field Trip VISIT...TOMBSTONE, B ISBEE AND COMMONWEALTH DISTRICTS, ARIZONA October 22 and 23, 1988 Hugo Bummett and Nora Colburn...1) TUCSON TO TOMBSTONE 2) TOMBSTONE TO BISBEE 3) BISBEE TO 1- 1 0 (TEXAS CANYON) FIELD GUIDE NOTES:...guidebook cover; John Guilbert, of the University of Arizona, for filling in as a tour guide/expert for Tom
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...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/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)
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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)
~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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
Catalog/List
Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
Book
GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA
Catalog/List
_ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls...xls and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses
Report (issue)
DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological Society P....Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas, Southeastern Arizona! By BRENDA HOUSER With a paper on the GREATERVILLE...DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological Society P....apse Breccia ......... 2 1 - . . - La v ender Pit ................................... 21 - C ochise...quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona Graeme, R.W., 1981, Famous mineral localities; Bisbee, Arizona Graeme
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp hexagonal...TT 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD , INC. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA , U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961 by Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...... . AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro...micro xls and coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and
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...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...Palynology. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Copyright © 1966 by The Arizona Board of Regents Printed in
Report (issue)
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...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FeO Open Pit, Bingham, Utah Castle Dome, Miami, Ariz. Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Ariz. Open Pit, Ajo, Ariz...(sill near Bisbee) (16, p. 77, analysis III). SG 4-2.6?. 8. Silica content of ore in Lavender pit, 7 analyses...10. Porphyritic quartz monzonite from center of pit (8, p. 30, analysis 7). Indudes CuFeS• 1.00, CuFeS4...Ray (15), Castle Dome (14), Ajo (8) and Bisbee(16), Arizona, providedata that are remarkably consistentin...casesexcept Bisbee appearsto be about the same or less than the original rock. Except at Bisbee, this is
Catalog/List
Garske, Mineralogist P.O. Box 294 (43 Brewery Gulch) Bisbee, AZ 85603 U.S.A. TO CLEANOUT STOCK, I am discounting...0 □ AURICHALCITE: M146. Uncle Sam [•line, Bisbee, Arizona; ( a) 3 showy rounded pseudcr:iorphs a fter...5-$20.00 AZURITE:M37. United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona; (a) lustrous ball af intergrcwn xls; 1 .B-3.2...inicrn yellou Calcite xls on atrix; .3x2.1x1-$2.50 BIOTITE: ~near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada; (a) section af...1.7x1x0.9-$3.00 • CALCITEs~Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona; (a) lacey white "popcorn", partially covered
Journal (issue)
January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Journal (issue)
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 ............................. ...............E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. .. ......
Catalog/List
Garske, Mineralogist P.O. Box 294 (43 Brewery Gulch) Bisbee, AZ 85603 U.S.A. TELEPHONE(602) 432-3065 I am·erratically...display collection of Paul Duncan of Dos Cabezas, Arizona. Most specimens were purcgaseg ~3Y.~~f~ ~§Bi ~flå...~flå ffl§flY h~Y@not been on the market Arizona. Most specimens were pure ase Y f@f y~~f~, Thoir code...the center of rock; 5x6x2. 5-$45. Cl □ ~Morenci, Arizona; (a) good T/N; very lustrous balls to 5 rim conr...limonite: 4x4.2x2.2-$8.50 MD327. Magna Mine, Superior, Arizona; (a) showy; sharp black tabular xls to 1.5 cm in
Report (issue)
1975). i I I I r------------i('"' \ . ARIZONA Mineral Park '\' t" 1 i UTAH Bagdad • ... -----, .o i • '"' Reference1 Arizona: Ajo Bagdad Bisbee Christmas Copper Basin San Manuel Sierrita...those observed in quartz-chalcopyrite veins in the pit. The zone of anomalous high-salinity inclusions is...Buttes. Quartzites from the eastern part of the pit at Bingham Canyon, which carry minor amounts of ore...observations were of 140 samples from the surface, pit, and drill core. Quartz-sulfide veins and wallrocks
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...32-24-524 111-31-44w Cu AG PB ZN MOA MUHENCIV OPEN PIT MIN M NEw COPNELIAV (AJU)V ORACLE DISTRICT ORACLE...P1MA DISTRICT DISTRICT PIIIAA PIMA ODEN PIT HIKE PRINCE OF ARIZONA MI 05N PROSPECT NEAR OLD MI RAY MINE
Journal (issue)
Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Articles Bisbee revisited: an update on the mineralogy of this...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............. 471 by R. C. Erd, A....·ember-December, /993 P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85 740 Tel: 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815 419...Minernlogical Record, •·olume 24. November-December. /993 BISBEE REVISITED ------------------- • AN UPDATE ON...Company 650 l East Grant Road, Suite L Tucson, Arizona 85715 The research for the original study of the
 
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