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Diopside from
Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Occurs in skarns.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:258228
Long-form Identifier:1:3:258228:3
GUID (UUID V4):caa30c58-943e-4009-8a11-5b08c29e3a01
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
4.1km (2.5 miles) Senator Morgan Mine group, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Tucson meteorite (Irwin-Ainsa meteorite), Box Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Pima Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Eisenhower Mine (Eisenhower property/group; Mission Extension; Palo Verde Mine; Palo Verde copper deposit), Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Tiptop Mine, Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Peach Mine, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Elgin Mine, Elgin Mine group, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) Exile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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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
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press...Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and
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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...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright...Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson
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/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
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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...curator of the Mineralogical Museun1. His studies in mineral synthesis, crystal structure analysis, and classical
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Arij£oua iulltUu ARIZONA, BUREAU OF MINES ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART I ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES... PUBLISHED BY linhttrsitg of Ari!ona TUCSON, ARIZONA April, 1950 Vol. XXI, No.2 ){ninf,faiil1 of.... _______ ._. ______________ . __ Governor of Arizona MARION L.BROOKS, B.S., M.A_ (ex officio) ____ State...____________Vice-President of the University, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Committee: R. L. NUGENT, Chairman; P. S....PIllLLIPS; D. S.POWELL; M. VORIS; M. P. VOSSKUHLER. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES' STAFF T. G. CHAPMAN, Director
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itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...nature to include all known occurrences of every mineral which has been found in the state. Of the more...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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...Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of mineral information contained
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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
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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
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The Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1981 Symposium on "RELATIONS OF TECTONICS...ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA" AGS/UA Mine Tour and Field Trip data for TRIP #10 "Silver Bell...Wilkins (GMRC) ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 TO: ...Bell Deposits As field trip chairman for the Arizona Geological Society, I would like to take this opportunity...structure-tectonic settings and mineral deposits scattered throughout Arizona and adjoining southwestern New
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cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach, much less...quantity of mineral specimens produced by Arizona. Its wide variety of economic mineral deposits coupled...state, many of which have names uniquely linked to Arizona places and people (see Grant and Jong in this issue)...pretty as kinoite, a mineral named for one of the earliest explorers to document mining of the state’s rich...rich silver ores. The mineral, first discovered as bright blue crystals in drill core from a copper prospect
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Dr. David I. Groves Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics The...which was produced at the Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits within the Department of Geology and Geophysics...Geochemistry of the Potassic Igneous Rocks Kreuzeck Mountains, Eastern Alps (Austria): Example from a Postcollisional...Lamprophyres from the Karinya Syncline and Kreuzeck Mountains. Direct Associations between Potassic Igneous...Bingham Copper Deposit, Utah, USA . Twin Buttes Copper Deposit, Arizona, USA Chilean Andes . Postcollisional
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Springer Dr. Daniel MUller Institute for Mineralogy Mining-Academy Freiberg Brennhausgasse 14 09596 Freiberg...University of Western Australia Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics Nedlands...copper-gold deposit before the commencement of mining operations. The first two editions have been published...which was produced at the Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department...International Exploration Inc. in Santiago, PT North Mining Indonesia in Jakarta, and North Limited in Parkes
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Dr. David I. Groves Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics The...which was produced at the Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits within the Department of Geology and Geophysics...Potassic Igneous Rocks . . . . . . . Kreuzeck Mountains, Eastern Alps (Austria): Example from a Postcollisional...Lamprophyres from the Karinya Syncline and Kreuzeck Mountains . . . . . . . Direct Associations Between Potassic... Utah, USA . . . . . . . . . El Indio Gold Deposit, Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . Twin Buttes Copper
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University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...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 ................................by W. E. Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and...and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral localities: the Glove m ine............................................
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.......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ..........................
Report (issue)
Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona Edited by Brenda B. Houser , \ Arizona Geological Society Field...Trip April 4 and 5, 1992 Arizona Geological Society P. O. Box 40952 Tucson, Arizona 85717 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S top 1 - Arizona Portland Cement Company . . . . . . . . . Stop...and Company . . . . . . . . . . . S top 3 - Pima County Materials Testing Laboratory . . . . . Day 1...Company Marble Quarry . . . . . . S top 6A - Cross Hill Clay Quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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73401 OKLAHOMA Figure 1. Oklahoma counties. Mineral Locality Index Although perhaps best known for...“world-class” mineral specimens, but it has produced fine to excellent specimens from numerous mineral localities...several counties. In addition, the TriState zinchead mining area, active for more than one hundred years, extends...as the Picher district, which is in the Oklahoma portion of the TriState. This district has probably produced...of mineral species found in Oklahoma is also somewhat limited, but the potential for the mineral collector
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materials have been found 58 119 Glossary of mineral terms 173 Sources of information 175 Books...by buying from the large stocks advertised by mineral supply houses. It's fun and profitable 1 Perhaps...from rocks, which are mixmres of minerals. Each mineral has physical characteristics peculiar to itself...gem and rare enough stand stone material, a mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough...dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which would soon and
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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
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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
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______________________________ ----__ E1 1 3 4 6 Arizona------------------------------------------------------...--------------------------- Rowley or Reliance mine, by J. A. ~acKallor_____________ PimaCountY----...Years Eve mine.and Esperanza Claims______________ Pima and Santa Cruz Counties ___ -------------------------Sun...claims_______________________________________ Pinal County _________________________ ------- ______ -----__...-----__ Santa Cruz CountY---------------------------------------Santo Ni:iio mine, by D. H. Kupfer__
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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................11 Arizona ............................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
 
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