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Muscovite 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:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite 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:1000141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000141:5
GUID (UUID V4):7f55d84d-99ab-44bc-8b95-94dedefd4992
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
7.5km (4.6 miles) Crown King & Tiger Mine groups (Crown King and Tiger Mines), Esperanza Mine group [old], Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Esperanza Mine [new] (Esperanza pit; Esperanza open pit mines; West Esperanza Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.2 miles) Paymaster Mine group (Victoria group), Olive Camp, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, 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
21.8km (13.5 miles) Ridley Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Sunrise and Sunshine Mines (Sunshine-Sunrise group of claims; Sunshine group; Malone group), Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Eureka Mine (Eureka claim), Elephant Head group of claims (Tremaine-Daniels group), Mount Hopkins, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Elephant Head group of claims (Tremaine-Daniels group), Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Banner Mine group (Banner Mine; Hughes Mine), Stevens Mountain, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Some Geologic Features of the Pima Mining District Pima County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ... Some Geologic Features of the Pima Mining District Pima County, Arizona By JOHN R. COOPER CONTRIBUTIONS...geologic map of the eastern part of the Pima mining district, Pima County, Ariz___ ________________________...Index map of southeastern Arizona showing the location of the Pima mining district____-_-_-----_--------_______65...SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA By JOHN R. COOPER ABSTRACT Bocks
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...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
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...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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Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona By JOHN R. COOPER MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY...STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-D Descriptive stratigraphy............................... Members in the Twin Buttes quadrangle .. Members in the Palo Alto Ranch...ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE 1. Map of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico showing location of
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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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DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1986 Symposium... tt..!d Geology and Ore Deposits of the Pima Mining District March 22, 1986 Leaders: S. Titley (U....(Anamax) and L. Jansen (ASARCO) ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY TUCSON, ARIZONA Cover preparation by Beverly...Volume XVI ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 To: ...Field Trip Participants Welcome to Arizona and the 1986 Arizona Geological Society Symposium "Frontiers
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Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present address: MAGMACHEM...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Geology and Mineral Technology, 845 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela...Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents Page Introduction.......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS, SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA WILLIAM J. A. STAVAST,†,* Center for Mineral Resources, Department...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ROBERT F. BUTLER,** Department...University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ERIC SEEDORFF, MARK D. BARTON, Center for Mineral Resources... University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 AND CHARLES A. FERGUSON Arizona Geological Survey... 416 West Congress Street, Suite 100, Tucson, Arizona 85701 Abstract Multiple lines of evidence, including
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listing and map showing molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt /, Stanley B. Keith !/, and Ted...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Minerals Technology a_ division of The University of Arizona This...listing and map showing molybdenum occurences in Arizona by_ Jan C. Wilt, Stanley B. Keith, and Ted G. Theodore...occurrences throughout Arizona prepared in part by the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology under...in a prior publication wherein the entire MRDS (Mineral Resource Data System) record was published (see
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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)
PRELIMINARY MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE TUCSON AND NOGALES 1° by 2° QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA Edited by................................................ Mineral resources, by Gail M. Jones................................................................... Mineral resource potential......................................................... 10. Magnetic heavy-mineral concentrate, RASS data base.................................. 11. Nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrate, RASS data base.......................... 12.
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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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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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Fifteenof the sixteenknownporphyrycopperdepositsin Arizona are intimately relatedto thelate Cretaceous to...laboratory investiplorationfor porphyrycopperdepositsin Arizona. the futureby extensive gation. Still thepatterns...from southwesternColorado southward along the Arizona- The purpose of this paperis to presentevidence...acidvolcanicrocks, porphyry copper deposits of Arizona. A reviewof believed to be of Miocene-Plioceneage;...distances of thesedeposits fromyounger versity of Arizona, Tucson. ß 3O GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ARIZONAPORPHYRYCOPPERDEPOSITS
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BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 3500 S. Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries...recovered from the Paleo Verde claim in the Sierrita Mountains by Sheila Powell and Barbara Muntyan, July... from The Sierrita Mountains, Arizona Figure 2. View of the Sierrita Mountains, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan...detailing how a collector goes about finding a “lost” mineral locality Figure 3. Sheila Powell checking a small...boulder containing aquamarine specimens in the Sierrita Mountains. Barbara Muntyan photo. I have been an
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Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in the Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona* Peter G. Vikre,1,† Frederick T...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Abstract This investigation of...hydrothermal activity in the Patagonia Mountains of southern Arizona is based on field and paragenetic relationships...igneous and hydrothermal minerals. The Patagonia Mountains consist of Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic...Laramide intrusions that comprise the Patagonia Mountains batholith. Laramide igneous rocks and adjacent
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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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