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Muscovite from
Alta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz 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 Alta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1000415
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000415:7
GUID (UUID V4):f2e775c7-cd73-42b4-9328-cfe76fc88178
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.8km (0.5 miles) American Mine (Virginia Hay claims), American Peak, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Bender Mine (Fernando Mine; Mina Prieta group; Black Eagle Mine; San Fernando Mine; Colossa), American Peak, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Humboldt Mine, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Chief Mine (Chief group of claims), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Pat Alunite deposit (Pat property; Patagonia property), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Ventura Mine group (Morris group; George Morris Mine; George Morris Gold claim; Old Timer Mine; Homestake Mine; Georgia Mines), Ventura Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in the Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona* Peter G. Vikre,1,† Frederick...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Abstract This investigation of...and hydrothermal activity in the Patagonia Mountains of southern Arizona is based on field and paragenetic...of igneous and hydrothermal minerals. The Patagonia Mountains consist of Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic...of Laramide intrusions that comprise the Patagonia Mountains batholith. Laramide igneous rocks and adjacent
Report (volume)
582 MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS ARIZONA BY FRANK C. SCHRADER WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...17 Climate and vegetation. 18 _._ History of mining and present conditions___________________ 20 ...______-_____________ Mountains _ __________ _ Santa Rita and Patagonia ranges ______ _ Empire Mountains ________________________...________________________ San Cayetano Mountains . ______ __ __ Canelo Hills____________________________ Valleys...Valleys ___________'__-_________________ Santa Cruz Valley-________________ __ Cienega Valley_________________________
Report (issue)
Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas By BRENDA HOUSER With a paper on the GREATERVILLE PLACER...PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological Society...AZ 8 571 7 Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas, Southeastern Arizona! By BRENDA HOUSER With...GREATERVILLE PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological........... 8 Harshaw Town Site and Cemetery ................... 12 Mowry Town Site and Mine ..........
Book (edition)
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
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
Report (issue)
OF THE TUCSON AND NOGALES 1° by 2° QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA Edited by Jocelyn A. Peterson Open-File Report...Gray-scale contour maps of element distribution in Arizona, scale 1:3,500,000: 19. Uranium ........................................ 63 22. Location map of mining districts .......................................Principal deposit types and cumulative production in mining districts.............. 13. List of mines with...and Nogales 1 by 2 quadrangles in south-central Arizona have made important economic contributions to a
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)
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
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
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
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Mineral Occurrences in the National Forests of Arizona Compiled by Brenda B. Houser1 Open File Report...MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ARIZONA This map shows the locations of quarries, mines...within the boundaries of the National Forests in Arizona. The map was prepared as part of a mineral resource...tabulation of industrial mineral occurrences in Arizona and from Bates (1969). Geologic contacts are from...Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Arizona Geological Survey (Greta Orris, USGS, oral commun
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)
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...ALABASTER (anhydrous gypsum.) Occurs in Superstition Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in
Report (issue)
Tectonics of Sou thea t rn Arizona Tectonics of Southeastern Arizona By HARALD D. DREWES GEOLOGICAL...Drewes, Harald, 1927Tectonics of southeastern Arizona. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1144) Bibliography:...: I 19.16:1144 1. Plate tectonics. 2. Geology-Arizona. I. Title. II. Series: United States Geological...-------------------------------------------------Rincon Mountains gneissic dome -----------------------------Other...-----------Northern Dragoon Mountains ---------------------------Northern Chiricahua Mountains-----------------------Southern
Journal (issue)
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 ............................. .. ..
Book (volume)
...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ...............................................................22 Arizona County Map ............................................
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book
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...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE
Book (volume)
Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca
 
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