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Copper (commodity) 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
Commodity:Copper (commodity)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Copper (commodity) 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:1230325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1230325:6
GUID (UUID V4):c23f07ea-37fb-4ee1-9541-daf383fc4fc4
Nearest other deposits of Copper (commodity)
2.9km (1.8 miles) Copper Butte Mine (Copper Buttes Copper Mines), 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
9.6km (6.0 miles) Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) South San Xavier Mine group (Gray Copper Mine; Franklin group), 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
21.2km (13.2 miles) Jackson Mine, Jackson Mine group (McCleary group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.6km (13.4 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
22.6km (14.0 miles) Jackson Mine group (McCleary group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Oregon Copper Mine, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Report (issue)
OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita Mountains...nearly meridional mountain ranges of southern Arizona. They separate the Santa Cruz Valley on the east...Santa Rita Mountains to the east or the Baboquivari Range to the west, the Sierrita Mountains are of minor...scenically unimpressive. On the west side of the Sierrita Mountains, mainly in a rather definite belt of foothills...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what
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
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Study ** of Alluvium-Covered Copper Deposits in * Pima County, Arizona i By LYMAN C. HUFF mth a section..._________-__ Geochemical prospecting tests for copper.____________________ Geochemical prospecting tests...showing distribution of 1. Copper in modern alluvium. 2. Copper in soil. 3. Copper at base of carbonate-cemented...Block diagram showing the setting of the Pima mining district and vicinity-__--_--_-------__ _____________________..._____________________ 2-6. Photographs: 2. Pima open pit mine, showing the 200-foot-thick overburden of alluvium
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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
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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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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
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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...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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in geology and pioneers in the study of mineral deposits, copper ores, and regional geology of the American...American Southwest. Shown at Bisbee, Arizona during the 16th IGC (1933) are, left to right, Bert S. Butler...collection. Porphyry Copper Deposits in the American Southwest Tucson to Globe-Miami, Arizona July 19-23, 1989...Titley Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Associate Leaders: S. A. Anzalone...Paso, TX 79968 v IGC FIELD TRIP n38: PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Spencer R. Titleyl
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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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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
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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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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...with recent porphyry copper developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain-...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...with recent porphyry copper developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain-...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
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The Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1981 Symposium on "RELATIONS OF TECTONICS...ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA" AGS/UA Mine Tour and Field Trip data for TRIP #10 "Silver Bell...Wilkins (GMRC) ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 TO: ...Bell Deposits As field trip chairman for the Arizona Geological Society, I would like to take this opportunity...structure-tectonic settings and mineral deposits scattered throughout Arizona and adjoining southwestern New
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RubyStarGranodiorite,SierritaPorphyryCopperDeposit, Pima County, Arizona FREDERICK M. HAYNES* AND S. R. TITLEY...University of Arizona, TucsonArizona 85721 Abstract Quantitative data from the margins of the Sierrita porphyry...porphyry copper depositwere derived by direct measurementsof fractures in the field and fluid temperaturesin...Present Address: Fischer-Watt Mining Company, 114 Tucker, Suite 2, Kingman, Arizona 86401. 673 k - nd a 12'...times had resulted in the removal ! i •oo KM ARIZONA ePHOENIX ,TUCSON "J• M I SSION ,I ^ ^ of
 
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