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Chalcocite from
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Comments:Massive as veins to several cm in the West Pit, also as pseudomorphs after pyrite; essential element of disseminated ores.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Copper at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12287
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12287:0
GUID (UUID V4):c2179d7a-6dcc-4a8a-bee8-c2b6969343a2
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Indian Springs Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Kelvin-Sultana Mine (Kelvin-Sultana Copper Co. properties; Sultana-Arizona Mine; Riverside group), Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Gran Copper (Rare Metals claims; Century group; Lucky Traid; Johnson property; Rare Metals claims; Reinstated claims; Black Copper group), Grayback [peak] area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Buckeye Mine, Tiger Mountain, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Rare Metals Mine (Rare Metals deposit), Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Rattler Mine, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Wooley Mine (Wooley property), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Grand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company property; Grand Pacific claims; Pacific group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Belmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) Resolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Center in the Superior (Pioneer) District, Arizona SCOTT L. MANSKE† Independent Consultant, P.O. Box...the Superior (Pioneer) district of east-central Arizona, lying under thick Tertiary cover approximately...chalcopyrite. Within sericitically altered rock, pyrite-chalcocite-digenite-bornite veins exhibit centimeters- to...Laramide-age porphyry copper cluster of east-central Arizona. It lies within the well-known Superior (Pioneer)...of shaft 9 of the Magma mine and 120 km north of the city of Tucson, Arizona. This discovery stands largely
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)
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)
Florence to Miami, Arizona Compiled by Stephen M. Richard Guidebook for the Arizona Geological Society...Society Spring Field Trip April 20-21, 1996 Arizona Geological Society P.O. Box 40952 Tucson, AZ 85717 THIS...(POSTON BU1TE) PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA. By C. K. HOAG . 9 17 STOP 4. NORMAL FAULTING...WHITFORD CANYON AREA, NORTHWEST O F SUPERIOR, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA. B y 1. E. SPENCER AND S. M. RICHARD 22...SECTIONS OF THE TEAPOT MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, PINAL COUNTY, ARIzONA, BY S. M. RICHARD AND 1
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)
/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)
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)
............................................... Ray.................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of central Arizona ..................................... ·. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of the Ray and Miami districts ................. ·...................... 0HAPTEU H.-Physical geography of the Ray-Miami region......................................................... CHAPTER I.II.-Geology of the Ray-Miami region ................................ ~.
Report (issue)
Alteration-mineral assemblages in the Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile)...some districts (for example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered from... Utah (Babcock and others, 1995), and Bisbee, Arizona (Bryant and Metz, 1966), polymetallic replacement...Turkey) and(or) molybdenum (for example, Sierrita, Arizona; Continental [Butte], Montana) resources. By-Product...copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of the orebody to the 0.2 percent
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...35-03-A wA 113-49-A w W MO 81 PBA CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT...CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E
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
Report (issue)
Geologic Tour of the Ray Copper Deposit and the Kelvin Copper Prospect Pinal County, AZ By Edward John...Guidebook for the Arizona Geological Society Spring Field Trip April 16, 1994 Arizona Geological Society...field trip of the Arizona Geological Society. We will be visiting the Asarco Ray copper mine in the morning...prospect in the afternoon. As you drive up to the mine from Oracle Junction, be sure to read the road log... Ed John, Senior Geologist at Ray will host the morning trip. Ray Mine is a porphyry copper deposit hosted
Book
EEL LEY. Department of Geology University of Arizona and GAOT G. HIGRS United States Geological Survey...Survey th THE UNIVERSITY Tucson, Arizona OF ARIZONA PRESS About the Editors. SPENCER . . R...Geology Department faculty at the University of Arizona, Professor Titley has carried out field and laboratory...and earned the doctorate from the University of Arizona. Caro. L. Hicks is an Editorial Assistant with...Palynology. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Copyright © 1966 by The Arizona Board of Regents Printed in
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 ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...and R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Report (volume)
Ore . Deposits of the Castle Dome Area Gila County, Arizona By N. P. PETERSON, C. M. GILBERT, and G. L...rocks __________________________________ ---_______ Pinal schist and associated rocks_____________________________... 5. 6. Geologic map of Castle Dome area, Gila County, Ariz _____ In pocket Geologic sections of Castle...Section showing distribution of copper in Castle Dome mine (coordinate W. 1800)--------------------------------...Section showing distribution of copper in Castle Dome mine (coordinate W. 2920)---------------------------------
Report (volume)
Geology of the Final Ranch Quadrangle Arizona By N. P. PETERSON CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL...--._____-__-___________-_____._---_-_----Gibson mine.._______-_-___-_____-_---_----------_-Cole and Goodwin...Geologic map of the Pinal Ranch quadrangle, Arizona. -In pocket FIOUBB 1. Index map of Arizona _ ________________...RANCH QUADRANGLE, ARIZONA By N. P. PETERSON ABSTBACT The Final Ranch quadrangle in Arizona embraces a rugged...minerals associated with greisen. INTRODUCTION The Pinal Kanch 71/£-minute quadrangle is the southwest quarter
Report (issue)
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...molybdenum occurrences throughout Arizona prepared in part by the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology...SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds.,
Report (issue)
Field Guide to the Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona by: James D. Sell, Consultant Alexander...Knight, Magma Copper Company Guidebook for the Arizona Geological Society Fall Field Trip October 28,...Guidebook Editor Arizona Geological Society PO Box 40952 Tucson, AZ 85717 Arizona Geological Society...Ore Deposits of the Superior District in Pinal County, Arizona. The trip is split into two sections with...part of the group going underground at the Magma Mine, owned and operated by Magma Copper Company. Our
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
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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...D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R. W...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ......................................
Catalog/List
SUCCESSOR P. O. BOX TO SCOTT WILLIAMS MINERAL 457 • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 COMPANY...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE
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 ....................................
Report (issue)
. a = 9.9904(6) b = 5.9934(4) c = 5.5255(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Calculated pattern. 4.948 (100),...100.00 (1) Childs Aldwinkle mine, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, USA; average of 13 electron microprobe...weathering of a mineralized (molybdenite, bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite) breccia pipe. Association: Brochantite...Aldwinkle mine, Galiuro Mountains, Bunker Hill District, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Name:...in Tucson, Arizona, USA, who found the first specimen. Type Material: University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...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...his previous article (Rocks & Minerals 1981) on Arizona minerals. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by
 
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