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Smithsonite from
Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22520
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22520:1
GUID (UUID V4):d0cc8408-8f83-43f2-b0d7-12ef08084b33
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Lead Lily shaft, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag prospect, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Silver Hill Mine group (Black Ben Mine; Manila Mine; Hall Mine group; Scott & Crawford Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.2 miles) King Ainsworth Mine group (Oregon Mine group), Portal, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline prospect), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) Apache Pass, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) Carbonate Hill Mine (McGee Mine), McGhee Peak, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
35.5km (22.0 miles) Mineral Mountain Mine, Kimball, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
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White Development Officer William D. Panczner ARIZONA-IV Associate Editors written content Paul E. Desautels...Incognita - The search for minerals in Spanish Arizona .......... 67 by W. D. Panczner and C. S. Panczner...Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R. W. Thomssen...Shannon Calciovolborthite from the New Water Mountains ................................119 by W. Hunt...Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by D. K.
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Wulfenite’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...collector since 1948, is the coauthor of Mineralogy of Arizona and the forthcoming Handbook of Mineralogy. Volume
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externally. Association: Cerussite, anglesite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, vanadinite, pyromorphite, mimetite...Slovenia. In the USA, from Arizona, at the Red Cloud and nearby mines, Silver district, La Paz Co., in...in the Old Yuma mine, near Tucson, Pima Co., at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., large crystals...Glove mine, near Amado, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz Co., at the Hilltop mine, Chiricahua Mountains, and...Defiance mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co.; in New Mexico, at the Stevenson-Bennett mine, Organ Mountains, Doña
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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...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was
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
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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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
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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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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)
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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...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
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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 ..............................................
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
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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...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic
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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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GÜNTHER NEUMEIER 4585 E. Camino de Cancun Tucson, Arizona 85718 ganeumeier@yahoo.com Figure 1. Franz Xaver...Slovenia. In the USA, from Arizona, at the Red Cloud and nearby mines, Silver district, La Paz Co., in...in the Old Yuma mine, near Tucson, Pima Co., at the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., large crystals...Glove mine, near Amado, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz Co., at the Hilltop mine, Chiricahua Mountains, and...Defiance mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co.; in New Mexico, at the Stevenson-Bennett mine, Organ Mountains, Doña
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University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A...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
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included smithsonite in the former “blue” list. However, upon reflection it is clear that smithsonite is much...this diversity of color, a suite of four Tsumeb smithsonite specimens displaying various contrasting colors...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice (figs. IA-D). Smithsonite is a brittle, relatively soft (hardness 4-4.5)...and a purplish shade; it is rarely colorless. Smithsonite exhibits a vitreous luster that tends to be pearly...greenish- or bluish-white in ultraviolet radiation. Smithsonite is hexagonal-scalenohedral (32/m). Well- Downloaded
Report (issue)
oxides of zinc, and most are of supergene origin. Smithsonite and hemimorphite are the main oxidized zinc minerals...are rare east of the Rocky Mountains. Saprolitic accumulations of smithsonite and hemimorphite in solution..._ New ~exico 2 _____________________________ _ Arizona•---------------------------------Utah ________...__ _ Nevada2------------~--------------------California _________________________________ _ Idaho2 _...Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL
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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 ............................. .. ..
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January–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) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special
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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 ....................................
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nlirttltttu iullrtitt ARIZONA BUfiEAU OF MINES ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART II ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES...to Residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED BY 1!tuiurrllUy 11f 1\ri~11utt TUCSON, ARIZONA TABLE OF CONTENTS.................... 7 7 8 CHAPTER n.-DRAGOON MOUNTAINS . By ELDRED D. WILSON ..... .... ........... ...................................... History of Mining .................................. _..... _.......................................... Torn Scott Mine ..... _........................................
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microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains), NE of...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve:...Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, fluorite
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Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Subscriptions $23 per year, $43 for two years...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85704 602-297-6709 Editing, advertising Wendell...702-883-2598 Special second class postage Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of
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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 ....................................
 
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