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Tourmaline from
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Occurs with zircon in Pinal Schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Zircon
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11176:8
GUID (UUID V4):5a0c1289-de84-4129-9fd0-70e3246ad5c2
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
54.6km (33.9 miles) Saint David area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) Fourr Ranch area, Fourr Canyon area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) La Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
63.5km (39.5 miles) Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
66.1km (41.1 miles) Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
74.2km (46.1 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
75.5km (46.9 miles) Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) Blue Eagle Mine (Blue Eagle 1 and 2 claims; Copper Ledge; Hillside Copper Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
77.3km (48.0 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
93.4km (58.0 miles) Iron Mask Mine (Iron Mask prospect; McCleary prospect; Littleshot prospect), Jackson Mine group (McCleary group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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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...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Catalog/List
Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
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)
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)
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)
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
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...265-352 257-320 353-400 321-384 TOURMALINE ] 327--438 439-508 225-288 289-352 353-416 257-320 321-384...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Catalog/List
TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix...WULFENITE: 320 foot level, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Black coloration is caused by included manganese
Journal (issue)
Inc., © 2020 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Order through...& Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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)
~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings were...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
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...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of
Catalog/List
copper leaching operation at one of the mines In Arizona. Chalchanthite 11 water soluble, so It ts ganeraUy...CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years now and had...DJOPTASE on CHRYSOCOLLA: Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona: 1.6 to 2 Inch specimen of colorful emerald green...$8.00 each! 3 VELVET MALACHITE: Ajo, Plma County, Arizona: 1-2 inch beauties of vibrant green velvet...each MARCASITE "SPIKEBALLS": Belle Fouche, Butte County, South Dakota: About the nicest marcasite specimens
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...Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
Catalog/List
_ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls...xls and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses
Journal (issue)
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 ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
Catalog/List
Wheatley's Mines, near, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. An excellent matrix specimen of...__··---·9000. 3. AZURITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. A superb, large, old-timer of the......................... 10,000. 10. RUBELLITE TOURMALINE, Wranjaka, Madagascar. An old-time solid mass......................... 150. 11. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE, Mawi, Nuristan, Afghanistan. A sharply tenninated..._$1800. 12. AZURITE,• Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. A large, quite spectacular, mammillary
Catalog/List
TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have wulfenite...Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals and yellow to...each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with individual...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal inch...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals
Journal (issue)
Nominations, 2018 ROTY, 2018 Competitions 1011 The Arizona Mineral Collector 12 Page 13 Editors Corner ...Glendale resident Cody Horvath. We survived another Arizona summer and October is already feeling cooler than...Bob can present it for Mineralogical Society of Arizona. December is MSA’s 83rd Birthday (1935-2018)! MSA...Chris Whitney-Smith. Mineralogical Society of Arizona is a 501(c)(3) non -profit organization and will...Your contribution to Mineralogical Society of Arizona is fully deductible for tax purposes to the extent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3500 South Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com ARIZONA Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs Unless...5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms), examples...related and are also appealing to many collectors. Arizona has numerous localities that have produced attractive...View of Lime Peak, north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan...minerals, has retired to Tucson and now writes about Arizona localities. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS Pseudomorphs
Catalog/List
CRYSTALLINE CUPRITE: Ray Central Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Excellent small crystalline specimens or deep...each. BOTRYOIOAL HEMATITE· lshpeming, Marquetta County, Michigan: 2 to 4 inch specimens from this famous...CHRYSOCHOLLA: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gita County, Arizona: Another oldie, clear to white hemimorphite... 2 •• , MOHA WK/TE: Mohawk Mina; Keweenaw County, Michigan: From an old collection, this rare copper-nic...quick sale. ROSAS/TE: Silver Bill Mi ne, Cochise County, Arizona. Nice 1x1 to 2x2 inch specimens of bright
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp hexagonal...TT 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD , INC. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA , U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961 by Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...... . AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro...micro xls and coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and
Catalog/List
from a classic Cornish location.Very rare £85 4. TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine,...cookeite with one crystal of transparent blue green tourmaline (12 x 6mm) , termination covered by cookeite...part crystal on display side. More blue green tourmaline on reverse of specimen. £55 5. RUBY CRYSTAL (3cm...specimen £65 8. QUARTZ on CLEAVELANDITE with TOURMALINE (8cm x 5cm x 3cm) Minas Gerais, Brazil. Terminated...one side black tourmaline. £30. 9. CHALCOTRICHITE. (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A Gossan matrix
Catalog/List
00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue...- 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular and lathlike bright...Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens of this great deep blue...limited supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses...STRONTIANITE AND CALCITE: Mandata Quarry, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. An awesome new find from late last
Report (issue)
General Geology of Central Cochise County By JAMES GILLULY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ...Copper Belle monzonite porphyry.______________ Cochise Peak quartz monzonite_____-___-_________ Turquoise...series._______________________________ Bisbee group and Bisbee formation....._______ Glance conglomerate..._______________________ Cintura formation ______________________ Bisbee formation________________________ Cretaceous fossils...al structure.__________________ Area north of Cochise Stronghold. ____ General features._______________
 
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