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Limonite from
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite10 photos of Limonite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Quartz5 photos of Limonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chalcophanite5 photos of Limonite associated with Chalcophanite at this locality.
Hematite5 photos of Limonite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Malachite4 photos of Limonite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Chrysocolla3 photos of Limonite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Tenorite2 photos of Limonite associated with Tenorite at this locality.
Rosasite2 photos of Limonite associated with Rosasite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Limonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Chalcedony1 photo of Limonite associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717114
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717114:7
GUID (UUID V4):e3e40521-112d-4182-8ba2-c15870c3cfd8
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Longfellow Mine (Ofarizona Copper Co. group [in part]; Longfellow incline), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Humboldt Mine (Humboldt tunnel; Liverpool tunnel; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Detroit Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Arizona Central Mine (Detroit Copper Co. group [in part]; Arizona Central vein; Copper Mountain tunnel), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Clifton Copper Mines (San Jose; Copper Centre; Clifton gp; Standard gp; Standard Consolidated Copper Co.; Standard Mine; Standard Copper), Standard Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Metcalf Mines (Arizona Copper Co. group; Metcalf Open pit), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Las Trajas Mine (Arizona Copper Co. property [in part]), Pinkaro Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Cayuga Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Stevens Mines Group (Stevens group of claims), Garfield Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;;...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral
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
Report (issue)
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...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonates at the Northwest Extension Deposit, Morenci District, Arizona: Implications for Conditions of Supergene...Corporation, One North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Abstract Stable isotope analyses were performed...Northwest Extension copper oxide deposit, Morenci district, Arizona. The δ18O values of azurite (23.3–25.5‰...dominant phase. Introduction THE MORENCI mining district in southeastern Arizona hosts one of the largest supergene...the genesis of oxide copper mineralization at Morenci. Previous work Various people have studied the
Report (issue)
Trip 18 : Safford District (Sanchez) and Morenci - Metcalf October, 1994 Bootprints Along the Cordillera... Dear Field Trip Participants: On behalf of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy...October 2, 1994 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK MORENCI DISTRICT AND SAFFORD DISTRICT(Sanchez) FIELD TRIP...the Cordillera" post-meeting field trip to the Morenci and Safford mining districts. The trip will examine...mineralization, and copper oxide mineralization at Morenci on the first day of the trip. Day two will be spent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Supergene Environment of the Morenci Porphyry Copper Deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona M. STEPHEN ENDERS,† Newmont...of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5640 SPENCER R. TITLEY,...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 AND GORDON SOUTHAM Department...along the 5200 bench of the Metcalf pit within the Morenci copper deposit revealed that acidophilic iron oxidizing... 0.39% S). The modern climate in southwestern Arizona is semiarid and exhibits a biannual wet-dry cycle
Catalog/List
recenUy acquired a huge old collection from an Arizona dealer/collector who was selling out due to age...fine quallty materlal wlth approxlmately 80% from Arizona localilies. This dealer had contacts with numerous...numerous miners at many of the famous mines In Arizona, and compiled this huge hoard betwecn 1960 and 1990...other ncw material from sources othcr than thc Arizona coilection. Due to the tremendous amount of new...COLLECT/ON: RED CLOUD WULFENITE: Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona: The best wulfenite locallty in the
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...each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
Catalog/List
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...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3500 South Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com ARIZONA Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs Unless...crystals, 7.5 × 7.5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms)...related and are also appealing to many collectors. Arizona has numerous localities that have produced attractive... north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan photo. Barbara...minerals, has retired to Tucson and now writes about Arizona localities. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS Pseudomorphs
Catalog/List
AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep blue...calcite on limonite: 1X1 to 2X2 inch specimens: $2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District...District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular and lathlike bright blue crystals on hemimorphite... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of fine
Report (issue)
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BY w-ALDEMAR LINDGREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • Arizona-Copper Company _......... _. _. _. _... ___ .................................... ~-........ 65 Morenci shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....metamorphism............................... 126 The Morenci contact zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 133 Morenci shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Report (issue)
Azurite, cuprite, cerussite, chrysocolla, calcite. “limonite”. Distribution: Many localities; some for abundant...the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, and elsewhere, with large crystals from the Mashamba West mine. In Namibia...from Tsumeb, and as large crystals at the Onganja mine, 60 km northeast of Windhoek. In Australia, from...South Wales, and Burra, South Australia. In the USA, from the Copper Queen, Czar, and other mines in...district, Bisbee, Cochise Co. and at Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona; in the Fierro-Hanover district and
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 .................... 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)
THE MINERALIZATION AT CLIFTON-MORENCI. Lou•s E. REBF_a, JR. SCOPE OF PAPER. Scope of Paper .....are attributed the ore-deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district. From detailedmicroscopicand field study... The writer spent four months in the Clifton-Morenci district in the summer of I9I 5, and during the... Paper 43. 528 MINERALIZdITION /IT CLIFTON-MORENCI. 529 'for any later investigation. The general...d{str{ct ]{es{n thesouthern partof Greenlee county in southeastern Arizona, closeto the New Mexico lineandaboutt5o
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...Sharp pale yelJ_m·1doubJ.y terrninated crystals on limonite. 816 ADAMITE, MANGANOAN, t-✓.apimi, Durango, Mexico
Journal (issue)
Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the
Book
Mineralogy of Arizona BY GUILD F. N. Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Arizona EASTON...possible discovery of the precious or useful metals. Arizona is attracting considerable attention on account...discovered. In certain respects many of the minerals in Arizona are sufficiently unusual in their mode of occurrence...Tungstates and Molybdates Minerals Discovered in Arizona 92 97 I. NATIVE ELEMENTS Diamond, C is ...Academic des Sciences. 116, 218. THE MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA 6 gest a possible origin of the gem in nature
 
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