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Willemite from
Black Mesa Mine, Black Mesa, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Habit:Small, prismatic, brilliant
Luminescent properties:None (remarkable)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Mesa Mine, Black Mesa, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:208392
Long-form Identifier:1:3:208392:6
GUID (UUID V4):f92b9808-13a1-4dbb-8dd0-9e3f4f877a81
Nearest other occurrences of Willemite
36.2km (22.5 miles) Pee Wee Mine group, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) King of Arizona Mine, Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
61.8km (38.4 miles) Hull Mine, Hull Mine group (Rialto Mine group; Hull group of claims; Rialto claims), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
63.8km (39.6 miles) Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome claim), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
74.6km (46.4 miles) Dives Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) Silver King Mine (Silver King claim), Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
75.9km (47.2 miles) North Geronimo Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) Evening Star Mine (Silver Queen Mine; Old Queen group), Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
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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)
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
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...Occurs in Superstition Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La Gila Range and elsewhere...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in
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...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)
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
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
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...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ...............................................................22 Arizona County Map ............................................
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey;
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, G. M. Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ................................
Report (issue)
California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis ...transmit Bulletin honor to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of...CALIFORNIA APPENDIX—CALIFORNIA 121 ---------- STATE MINING BUREAU 159 ----- LIST No. Relief 1. of...Valley Hydraulic Mine,” in 41 County Amador at Volcano, Flat, Cherokee County 41 Butte 9. showing...Lepidolite Mine, in 7. structure ----- 15 Mountain. Pala surface, showing Weathered Diego County. San
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 ............................. ......531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. ..
Book (edition)
to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
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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]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite, amber on pyrite and lignite); Stanley County, N. C. (limonite pseudomorph after pyrite). Mr...the Navajo Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The base camp of the expedition was at Kayenta...Mancos shale of Black Nlesa, near Kayenta, Arizona,the first one to be found in Arizona. A white Iriable...shale beds near the base of the Mancos shale of Black Mesa, in the same vicinity, has been identified as...natural dyed Navajo blanket rug colored by a uranium black dye made from carnotite. Jonuary Meeting On the
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS A Range Guide...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (issue)
Park, Utah. Photo b y C h u c k Abbott, Tucson, Arizona. CLOSE-UPS Notes on Desert features a n d contributors...of Death V a l l e y By MARGARET CARRICK 72 23 MINING N e w s briefs from t h e d e s e r t 27 ADVENTURER...convention at Phoenix, Arizona. Mar. 23-24—Apache Grove rodeo, on Clifton-Duncan, Arizona, highway. Mar. 26-31—17th...sculptured red sandstone in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Non-prize winning photos were purchased for later...publication from: Mrs. Mary Ann Kasey, Prescott, Arizona; Robert Matthews, San Diego, California; Gene O
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Annual Imperial County Fair, County Fair Grounds, Imperial, California. March 3-6—Pima County Fair, Tucson...Tucson, Arizona. March 4-6—Annual Desert Gem and Mineral show and field trips, sponsored by Desert Gem and...at Rodeo Grounds, Chandler, Arizona. March 5—All-day trip to Asbestos Mine in Pinyon Flats. Meet at Palm...12-13—Tenth Annual Arizona Sno-Bowl Winter Carnival at Arizona Sno-Bowl, Flagstaff, Arizona. March 17-19—Tenth...Show and range stock sale, Fair Grounds, Tucson, Arizona. March 26—All-day hike to Chino Canyon to site
Book (volume)
(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Harold Van Pelt & GEOSCIENCE PRESS, INC. Tucson, Arizona © 1997 by John Sinkankas Library of Congress...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
Journal (issue)
Gold . . . Chandler, Arizona Dear Sir: I enjoyed the story of the Lost Dutch Oven mine by Mr. Rexford Bellamy...information as to the location of this lost mine. I am convinced that the mine now being worked by Clifford Gillespie...Dutch Oven Mine," said to have been found years ago by Tom Scofield. The fact that the mine is located...located in the Old Woman mountains instead of the Clipper range only goes to show that in searching for these...telling the story often deliberately placed the mine in a nearby range or mountain as they sometimes
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drug-steeped calm. SUNSET By ZENA HENDERSON Phoenix, Arizona Panting, the desert lies beneath the sun The day...plan. DESERT CANTEEN By N E L L MURBARGER Costa Mesa, California You may choose to drink from a mountain...Tucson, Arizona, where for the past five years he has been official state photographer for Arizona Highways...SEASONS JUNE, 1946 2 . . . QUIZ FIELD TRIP MINING ART OF LIVING NEWS HOBBY CRAFT COMMENT LETTERS...Desert By JOHN HILTON HUMOR DESERT CALENDAR Arizona—Trout—May 30-September 30. California—Trout — May
 
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