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Pyrolusite from
Black Top Mine, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Comments:In discontinuous, lenticular shoots of stringers and pods in fracture veins cutting andesitic volcanics.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Top Mine, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:171560
Long-form Identifier:1:3:171560:6
GUID (UUID V4):e6d0e33d-60b0-40d9-bc70-65cdd7750aa2
References
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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
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
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ROCKHOUND PICKS Gift Model—Polished $4.10 Regular Black Finish $3.85 Wood Handled Stanley Prospectors Picks...of Northern Arizona since its founding in 1928. Flagstaff. Volume 16 May 31—Lincoln County Homecoming...CALENDAR June events on the desert HISTORY Forgotten Mine of the Mormon Pioneers By NELL MURBARGER June 2-5—20th...and silver. Demonstrations. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. June 4-6—Annual Strawberry Day, Pleasant...in 1692. Santa Fe, New Mexico. June 18-20—Quay County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. June
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is the sandy floor of the desert in New Mexico, Arizona and eastern Texas. Like most of the other American...Playoffs, Prescott, Arizona. August 4—Annual Smoki Ceremonials at Prescott, Arizona. August 8-10—Unitah...9-12—Cowboy Camp Meeting, R. E. Perkins ranch, Prescott, Arizona. August 9-12 — Annual Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial...10-11—Annual Square Dance Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona. By GEORGE BRADT CALENDAR August 10-11—Junior...10-11—Junior State A.A.U. Swimming Meet, Tempe, Arizona. • HISTORY August 14-19 — National Convention Military
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everyone. RAINMAKER By MARILYN FRANCIS Phoenix, Arizona A white man beats a different drum In asking for...Jamaica, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Flagstaff, Arizona. September 3-5 — Sierra Club Desert Peaks Hike...Apple Valley, California. September 3-5—Socorro County Rodeo, Socorro, New Mexico. Volume 18 September...Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff, Arizona. September 9-11—Navajo Tribal Fair, Window Rock, Arizona, (tentative...New Mexico. September 14-18 — Yavapai County Fair, Prescott, Arizona. September 15-16—Mexican Independence
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hypogeneprocesses in other places: manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite...juvenileorigin. In a reporton the Superiordistrict,Arizona,in 1914 (61), Ransome applied theterm "hypogene"...which is fairly saturated with water. Below the top of the zone of groundwater, oxidesof the metalsare...the top of the zone of grotrodwater is a simple,nearly horizontal surface,as at Tombstone,Arizona, above...general, the depth from the surfaceto water in a district increases with the declinein rainfallandvariesfromplaceto
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New Mexico. Nov. 5-15—Arizona State Fair, State Fair Grounds, Phoenix, Arizona. Nov. 6-7—Colorado River...River Roundup, Parker, Arizona. Nov. 6-7—Sierra Club Camping in Devil's Punch Bowl and Big Rock Creek,... California. Nov. 6-7—Sierra Club Hike to Black Mountain; camp site at Last Chance Canyon, California...Second Week in Nov.—Snow Bowl opens. Flagstaff, Arizona. Nov. 11-14 — Annual Death Valley Encampment, Death...Volume 17 COVER CALENDAR REUNION FIELD TRIP LOST MINE NOVEMBER, 1954 Number 11 Prospecting on the Rio
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...4. How 5. Characteristics of important 6. Black light for your minerals 7. Judging quality and...thousands of amateurs venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only...the Smokies, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon...desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches of the Middle West, the broad
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to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
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1955 VACATION BY BOAT Hite, Utah, to Lees Ferry, Arizona Colorado River COME see with us and help explore...thousands of motor visitors to Southern California and Arizona. The Most Novel Motel in the West ago. Sailings:...scenic beauty in the gorgeous canyons of Utah and Arizona. Staunch boats, experienced rivermen. For 1955...3—Desert Sun Ranchers Rodeo, Remuda, Wickenburg, Arizona. April 3 — Desert Shores Outboard Water Skiing...National Park, Arizona. Sand Dunes, Death Valley, California, On horseback, Wickenburg, Arizona. The Cross-on
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Borrego Valley, California. Dec. 6-7 — Northern district, New Mexico Cattle Growers association, Santa...EXPLORATION PAGEANTRY FIELD TRIP POETRY CHRISTMAS MINING 1949 8 By EDITH RUTENIC McLEOD 9 Abandoned...Astronomical society meets at University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. By CHARLES KELLY 21 Dec. 24—Midnight...Mexican Christmas observance, Armory park, Tucson, Arizona. Dec. 24—Dances after midnight mass at Indian...CHRISTMAS Dec. 17-—Opening party at Arizona Snow Bowl, Flagstaff, Arizona. WHITE CHRISTMAS ON THE DESERT
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Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...surface. MATERIALS ANDTOOLS.A 1-inch square opaque black plastic box provides a subdued background and protects...both corks and balsa sticks are coated with flat black lacquer. For small single crystals, thorns of the
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Report (volume)
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not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...photographs as well as with diagrams, both in color and black and white. The second section describes tests for...fall Summer Is recommended for trips to the high mountains when the heat makes collecting ,n caves and rock...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES
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from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...APPENDIX B Maps of the Interior of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Connecticut . . . Maps and Directions...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...Foster Iron Mine................... Economic Geology: Description of the Tilly Foster Mine..............Tilly Foster Mine -1972 ........................ Brief Summary of the Tilly Foster Mine . . The Branchville
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minerals is described, together with the methods of mining them. Italics emphasize essential scientific terms...Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y. The black and white photographs are credited in the preferred...Heritage 2. PROSPECTING AND MINING . . . . .11 Prospecting Mining Milling, Smelting, Refining ...chemical composition varies irregularly. Ordinary black obsidian, for example, is a volcanic glass, uniform...1-World-wide mineral specimens. Left row (bottom to top) : baddeleyite, Brazil; hematite, Elba; cassiterite
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Report (issue)
PAPER 235 Includes the. Leadville, Colorado, mining district. Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...______________ Faults between Peerless and Horseshoe Mountains. _ _________________________ Faults and shear...Hilltop mine _________________ Faults of the southern section ________________ Iron and Dome faults....____ _______ Bowden and related faults in the Ibex mine. Classes and ages of faults. ___________________
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bo ok t* All D H^r \j iVi"- The) Mining Magazine PUBLISHED AT SALISBURY HOUSE. LONDON....refer to notices of articles under the heading Mining Digest.' italics ; ' PAGE 11.5 (m.rf.) ......California Report .... 239 Arizona Copper Co.'s Flotation Plant 187 Arizona Copper 66 Arizona Strike *257 W. R...Australian Metal Position H. R. Sleeinan. 33 Australian Mine Tax . . . . . . . . *206 47 247 Report... Developments at 63, 185 241 Report. Barraniia Mining and Exploratou Report. 295 Basset Mines 336 Basset
 
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