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Forsterite 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:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Comments:Occurs in garnetite; in skarns or tactites where altered limestones were relatively pure.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite 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:258236
Long-form Identifier:1:3:258236:8
GUID (UUID V4):07c11d85-c2d7-4c81-aba1-564d3a3d0da7
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
8.0km (5.0 miles) Tucson meteorite (Irwin-Ainsa meteorite), Box Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
94.4km (58.6 miles) Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise 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
Book (edition)
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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/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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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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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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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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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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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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.......................................... 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 ..........................
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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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............................................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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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................11 Arizona ............................................................479 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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authoritative published archives of data for the mineral collector and specimen-oriented mineralogist that...fl. Fluorescent, or fluoresces H History of Mineral Collecting (vol. 25, no. 6) All dimensional notations...Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History of Mineral Collecting) are paginated independently, but following...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
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[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Catalog/List
OFF SPECIMENS. JUST GIVE HE A RING TO.HAKE SURE 1 HILL BE HERS. I All ALSO PLEASED TO DISCUSS YOUR REQUIREMENTS...EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF YOU WANT TO SEND BACK THE CATALOGUE WITH...AVAILABLE. I NORMALLY HAVE A SHALL STOCK OF EACH MINERAL' IN THE CATALOGUE UP TO WHERE IT SAYS 'SINGLE SPECIMENS'...All page 7 Brianyoungite Scawtite; Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ
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EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF yOU BAH? TO SEND BACK THE CATALOGUE WITH...AVAILABLE. I NORMALLY HAVE A SHALL STOCK OF EACH MINERAL IN THE CATALOGUE UP TO WHERE I? SAYS ’SINGLE SPECIMENS’...YOU HAVE BEEN ABAY, THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE 1 HILL STILL HAVE THESE ONES IN STOCK. - - - GIVE HE A...grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO Looks like a copper mineral. Small blue radiations and crystals on clean white
Book
V ft > Z r > 0 c o m * 1 Woe AMERICAN MINERAL GUIDE & S' is 531 o K C O SQ Cc .-1 r u...American Mineral (5uidc to Notable Collecting Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors...BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE PKISTKD...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...our United States of particular interest to the mineral collector. (2) To itemize those minerals occuring
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS A Range Guide
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bibliography of alkaline igneous rocks and related mineral deposits, with an emphasis on western North America...references on alkaline igneous rocks and related mineral deposits compiled in conjunction with ongoing studies... J. A., ed., Mineral deposits of the northern Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...metamorphosed hydrothermal system at Pine Canyon. Piute County, Utah. U.S.A. [abs.]: Mineralogical Society (London)...mineralisation, in Hughes, F. E.. ed., Geology of the mineral deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea: Melbourne
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Mineral Deposit • • u.s. . ' Models ' GEOLOGICA'L 'SURVEY BULLETIN 1693 I AVAILABILITY OF...Alaska--New Federal Buildmg, Twelfth Ave. 101 • Mineral Deposit Models DENNIS P. COX and DON.ALD A. SINGER...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineral deposit models (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...1693} Bibliography 1. Ore Deposits. 2. Mines and mineral resources. I. Cox, Dennis P. II. Singer, Donald...the U.S. Geological Survey on the synthesis of mineral deposit models (as contrasted with a long line
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Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...J. C. District Mining Engineer District Mining Engineer Mining Engineer O'Brien, District Mining...George John District Sampson, Assistant Chas. V. Averill, Mining Engineer L. Gary, Mineral Technologist... Statistician and Curator G. Hubbard, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff,...SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DISTRICT Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...thousands of amateurs venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only...desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches of the Middle West, the broad...hike in the mountains first aroused their interest. earth sciences are as wide as the mineral kingdom itself...amber of ancient trees. More than 2,000 distinct mineral species are known; only about 100 of these have
 
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