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Copper (commodity) from
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Copper (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Copper (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1296063
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1296063:5
GUID (UUID V4):64c5da54-6bb5-4e90-ac03-b3c63d0c6fcd
Nearest other deposits of Copper (commodity)
6.9km (4.3 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Cu Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Picacho Copper Mine, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ā“˜Picacho Copper Mine (Picacho Mine; Picacho Glance; Copper Glance Mine; Copper King Mine), Picacho, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) ā“˜American Girl Mine (Cargo Mine; Cargo Muchacho Mine), American Girl project, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) ā“˜Copper Chief Mine, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) ā“˜Rainbow prospect, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
75.1km (46.7 miles) ā“˜Darling Mine, Middle Camp Mountain, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) ā“˜Eagle Eye Mine, Moore Mine group, New Water Mining District, New Water Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona Wulfenite KEN BLADH Geology Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 45501 kbladh@wittenberg...localities in Arizona with world-class (best-of-species) specimens of wulfenite. Arizona wulfenite specimens...well-established group of nine ā€œbest-of-speciesā€ Arizona localities, based on the consensus 10ā€ƒā€ƒ ROCKS &...MINERALS Figure 1. Wulfenite, Defiance mine, Cochise County. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen, 6 cm wide;...order, the Defiance mine, the Glove mine, the Hilltop mine, the Mammothā€“St. Anthony mine (Tiger), the Old
Journal (issue)
SOCIETY VOLUME 76, NO. 5 ISSN 2572-7486 OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76, No...WULFENITE, PbMoO4, 7cm, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection...Collection, Ā© Jeff Scovil. ā€Official MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfeniteā€ Heart Shaped Matrix & Wulfenite Crystal...22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...MSA Mineral Collection 8 Official Arizona Symbols 9 Arizona Mineral Collector 10 Mystery Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...scientifically interesting minerals owe much to the mining industry that extracted these resources for commercial...mineral chemistry will see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables...Wallace (1997) listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic...classic minerals listed in table 2 contain copper as an Dr. Ken Bladh, a professor of geology at Wittenberg
Journal (issue)
RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...Certificate (only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Associate...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions ā€¢ Individuals...second class postage (USPS-887-700) Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...Madera County, C alifornia............................. 127 by T. Szenics The El Dragon mine, Potosi...Lehrberger & G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district ......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Cambridge] at 13:45 04 June 2016 MINE Figure 1 (above left). Looking north along open...Gilbert, Arizona 85299 Downloaded by [University of Cambridge] at 13:45 04 June 2016 T he Red Cloud mine...world's classic mineral localities. Ever since mining began there in the 1870s, its wulfenite has been...of mining for silver. Over the past century, however, a lot of effort has been put into this mine by...collector Ed Over proved what the Cloud was capable of in 1938. Today, the Red Cloud is finally in the hands of
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 (issue)
Januaryā€“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...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below)...(below) Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 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 Ā© 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. Mineralsā€”Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which...ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals...30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal inch...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite in Arizona BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 3500 S. Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com...specimen photos by Jeff Scovil Figure 1. Map of Arizona showing noteworthy fluorite localities; prepared...William Besse. W hen one thinks about outstanding Arizona minerals, fluorite may be far down on the species...Azurite, malachite, wul- fenite, vanadinite, and copper would certainly come before any mention of fluorite...But Mindat lists no less than 390 localities for Arizona fluorite, distributed among twelve counties, suggesting
Report (issue)
fragrant white pandemonium of blossomsā€”Springtime in Arizona is great time to be here, considering the weather...example there is new work afoot at the famous Red Cloud mine in the Trigo Mountains, in the southwestern...little aboutā€” New digging for wulfenite at the Red Cloud Terry Szenics wrote in 1975 that ā€œā€¦in perfection...aesthetic appeal, most collectors agree that Red Cloud wulfenite has no equalā€ā€”and this judgment prevails...wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, see the essay by Szenics just quoted (ā€œEd Over at the Red Cloud,ā€ in the July-August
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ā– Volume 51 Number 1 ā– $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877ā€“1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2017ā€ƒā€ƒ 39 Figure 4. Silver, 23 cm, Keweenaw mining district, Houghton County, Michigan, Robert Heinsleigh...Rhodochrosite, 15 cm, from the Sweet Home mine, Park County, Colorado. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 6. Opal...hematite coating, 34 cm, from the Faraday Uranium mine, Bancroft, Ontario. Robert Heinsleigh photo. 40ā€ƒā€ƒ... from the Red Ledge mine, Nevada County, California. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 9. Silver, 21.6 cm, from... Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 10. Copper, 14 cm, from the Baltic mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Jeff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A 1985 Report: Arizona's Red Cloud Mine 54 ROCKS AND MINERALS R A Y M O N D W. G R A N T Mesa Community...Southern Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85202 T H E R E D C L O U D M I N E in L a Paz County, Arizona, is considered...that L a Paz is a new county, resulting from the recent division of Yuma County. Red Cloud wulfenite...the Red Cloud mine, making occasional finds of good specimens. However, five years ago the mine was closed... The price of silver was rising, and the mine was reopened at that time to mine silver. During the past
Show/Event (guide)
august Ā„ 22-23,2014 Gold Eagle's Nest Mine, California, USA J Ā«. *.1 DALLAS Mineral Collecting ...Yearā€™s Speaker Lineup Brice Gobin Tanzanite: From Mine to Market Dr. Robert Bowell Tsumeb: A Mineralogical...Mibladen Dr. Bruce Cairncross Darkest Copper: Classic and Contemporary Copper and Dr. Robert Bowell Minerals...fringe benefit of exploring Mexico for silver-lead-zinc and silver-gold deposits, which ā€œnecessitates" frequent...frequent visits to established mining districts to see whatā€™s new. Sometimes he finds only a few flats
Show/Event (guide)
In short, Wulfenite is a spectacular 1nineral. Arizona has provided Ā·world-class Wulfenite specunens for...collectors and 1nuseums all over the world. Yes, Arizona is famous for itsWulfenite specimens, so fainous...Wulfenite is the Official Mineral of the State of Arizona! Check out your local library for many colorful...Ā©2019 Da!l1'1 Powell Phy ical Properties Color: Red Rcdcli h-or;rngc, Or;U1gc, Orange- ellow, yellow...c1ystaJ form . \1 \/uJfeniLe i pa.rt of a group or mine,-aJ known a Lhc Schee lite Grou p. The ScheeliLc
Journal (issue)
The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 FAX: 520-544-0815 Editorial...AZ 85741. Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, Arizona and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send...Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from...from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wulfeniteā€™s deep, rich colors can be as warm as the Arizona climate in which it occurs so prolifically. RICHARD...RICHARD A. BIDEAUX 710 W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral...specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and even to the period...example, more than 150 localities are on record for Arizona alone (Anthony, Williams, and Bideaux, 1977; Wilt...is often yellow through orange, and more rarely red. It has also been recorded as green, blue, colorless
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 Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\Ā·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
etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland...book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEEā€¢] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352
Catalog/List
STIBNITE: Hunan Province, China: 1-2 inch single silver crystals and small clusters from this world renown...last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver with dendritic growths
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WEST-CENTRAL New Mexico in what was once a thriving mining region and is still a paradise for mineral collectors...Magdalena district with the world-famous Kelly mine and the equally famous Hansonburg district with the...collectors. The rich ores mined in the Magdalena district from 1866 to 1970, together with Gustav Billingā€™s... This later became the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, or New Mexico Tech for short. Approximately...died in 1926, was a noted mine operator in the region and owned the Kelly mine during its heyday as a zinc
Report (volume)
ARIZONA AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications...Trigo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz County, Arizona By DAVID R. SHERROD, RICHARD M. TOSDAL...WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR.Ā·...Trigo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz County, Arizona I by David R. Sherrod .. : [et al.]. p...wilderness study areas-southwestern and south-central Arizona ; ch. J.) Includes bibliographical references.
 
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