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Alunite from
Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Innumerable narrow veins cutting concentrator volcanics; yellow coatings.
Colour:Yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203312
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203312:9
GUID (UUID V4):483161c7-2583-40d6-9da3-3e8a0c910a9f
Localities for Alunite in this Region
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Director Professional Paper 209 THE AJO MINING DISTRICT ARIZONA BY JAMES GILLULY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Faults of northeast trend near the Ajo Peaks. .......... Little Ajo Mountain fault....................... Minor faults possibly cognate with the Little Ajo Mountain fault ..................................................... Minerals found in the Ajo mining district. ............. Features of occurrence .....73 73 77 77 81 82 83 83 83 83 83 84 86 86 86 87 Mining history ......................................
Book (edition)
Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...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)
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
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 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 .
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
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)
Resource Assessment of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° Quadrangles, Arizona By Jocelyn A. Peterson, Dennis...61 61 64 65 66 66 68 INTRODUCTION Southern Arizona is rich in mineral conmodities and has potential...resource potential for the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2 quadrangles in southwestern Arizona, where porphyry copper...Phoenix, Ariz., and 60 km east of Yuma, Ariz. The Ajo 1° by 2° quadrangle is located between latitudes...the Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle leaving within Arizona a triangular part of the northeast corner from
Report (issue)
2005). In some districts (for example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered... 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...with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of the orebody to...km (Langton and Williams, 1982). At Sierrita, Arizona, from ore exposed at the surface to the base of
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...R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both the operational and...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
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...115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N
Report (issue)
RESUME of the GEOWGY OF ARIZONA by Eldred D. Wilson, Geologist THE ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES Bulletin...UNIVBR.ITY OP ARIZONA. PR • • • _ TUC.ON FOREWORD This "Resume of the Geology of Arizona," prepared...prepared by Dr. Eldred D. Wilson, Geologist, Arizona Bureau of Mines, is a notable contribution to the geologic...geologic and mineral resource literature about Arizona. It comprises a thorough and comprehensive survey of...continued, detailed studies which will follow. The Arizona Bureau of Mines is pleased to issue the work as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1977, pp. 1321-1336 A Thermochemical Studyof Alunite,Enargite,l,t,z{n,ite, andTennantiteDeposits JERRYE...activity favors precipitationof alunite over silicate minerals. Formation of alunite requires acid conditionsand...hematite-magnetiteoxygenbuffer, the presenceof alunite indicateshigh H2S activity if the fluid containedgreater...floxvsupward. This oxidation favors formation of alunite, quartz, enargite (luzonite), and tennantiteover...minerals•vith respect to the solution,exceptquartz, alunite, and in someinstances,kaolinitc or pyrophyllite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eastof preciousandbasemetalveinsof the Park City district,Utah. The Park Premierstockconsists of five smallintrusionsthat...sericite,kaolinite-dickite, pyrophyllite, and alunite (all q- quartz ñ pyrite). Albite q- sericite,sericite...variouscombinationsof pyrophyllite, andalusite, kaolinitc, alunite, diaspore, corundum, and SEVERAL studiesof porphyry...alter- andbasemetalmineralization in the ParkCity district ation related to intrusions1 and 2 (Figs. 3 and... (Di) Diasporelocalities 5 Advancedargill• (alunite) 6 Advan•d argillic (pyr•hyllite) FIG. 4. Map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the porphyrycopper ore bodiesat Ajo, Mineral Park, and Morenci, Arizona, and at Santa Rita, New Mexico...Schwartz(1947, 1955), Lovering (1949), Universityof Arizona. Salesand Meyer (1948), Hemley and Jones•(1964)...exposureand variationsin rock type within and district of south-centralArizona. More recently aroundthe...pervasivereplacements in the potassic west-central Arizona. zone, and progressivelydiminishesoutward as the...reproducibleto Mexico; Morenci, Arizona; A j o, Arizona; and Mineral Park, Arizona ('Fig. 1). Moreover, for
Book (volume)
to g ra p h: The Bingham Canyon open pit, Utah, USA, 1998. Photographs by T M Porter. Ross Lang Andrew...University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...Porphyry Copper Deposits o f the American Cordillera, Arizona Geol Soc., Digest 20, Tucson, pp 128-155. For references
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mine. * Numbers in parenthesesfollowing name of district refer to "References" at the end of the 744...5. Same adjoining Ophir vein'. 8. Yellowknife District, Northwest Territories, Canada (2) Samples were...Combinationmine, typical wall rock. Quartz, kaolinite, 15•/o alunite, 7.3% pyrite. Porosity 9.9%. Analyseswere from...by veins. 14. Idaho Democrat Vein, Wood River District, Idaho (15) A. Fresh granitic country rock: orthoeiase...phase of alteration. Sericite phase. 17. Rimini District, Montana (11) 1. Quartz monzonite, fresh "from
Report (issue)
PAGE Geologic map of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle, southwest Arizona. (Menlo Park, CA] : U...eastern part of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1986 ed. Grand Canyon, Ariz. : The Association...map of the Planet 2 SW quadrangle. Mohave County, Arizona. [Menlo Park, Calif.] : U.S. Geological Survey...Brushy Mountain and Timber Mountain areas, Taos County, New Mexico. [Denver, Colo.] : U.S. Geological...MINES LAW AND LEGISLATION UNITED STATES. Surface mining : complete reconciliation of the Abandoned Mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAY-JUNE, PAPAGOITE, A NEW COPPER-BEARING FROM AJO, ARTZONA* 1960 MINERAL C. OssonNn llutrow, StanJord'(Iniaersi'ty...that once inhabited the region the mining center of Ajo, Arizona, is situated' Occunnoncr The papag...papagoite-bearingspecimenswere found at Ajo, Arizona, in an isolatedpocket 150ft. below ground-levelat the...material near the center of the drawing is ajoite. Ajo, Arizona. stumpy crystals of rutile, sphene, slightly...wellformed, sharply pyramidal crystals of anatase,alunite, and patches of brown manganeseand iron hydroxides;rare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and may even sho\v feldspar crystallization. At Ajo (Gilluly, 1946), for examp!e, tiny seams of K-feldspar...n a few areas in the north-central part of the district, pyrite is the most abundant mineral in these...(Vanderwilt and King, 1955, p. 45). At Bagdad, Arizona, molybdenite-quartz-orthoclasepyrite veins cut...paper of 1941 on the tungsten vein8 of Boulder County, Colorado, was a major stimulus to modern study...O in the sericitized zones of the Central City District, Colorado. Parallel zones of sericitization and
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
Book
Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Progress at the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona Magmatic-Hydrothermal-Structural Evolution of the...± Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos,...Tenke-Fungurume SedimentHosted Strata-Bound Copper-Cobalt District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Dzhezkazgan
Report (issue)
Mountains and Adjoining Areas, Santa Cruz County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E...Santa Cruz County, Arizona By FRANK S. SIMONS MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL...2. 3. 4. 5. Index map of part of southeastern Arizona . ... Generalized geologic map and sections of...12 21 MESOZOIG STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA MESOZOIG STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS...MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA GRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA By FRANK S. SIMONS ABSTRACT The Patagonia Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dominated by an advanced argillic assemblage of alunite-(± aluminum phosphate-sulfate minerals)diaspor...× 500 m outcrop, 80 m thick, of massive quartz-alunite replacement of rhyolite. Pure mineral separates...dickite, and supergene kaolinite), and 20 samples of alunite, some supergene in origin. Information on mineral...compositions calculated for the very late stage alunite range from 5 and –30 per mil to –1 and –40 per...There is no systematic spatial zonation of the alunite samples in terms of isotopic composition or paleotemperature
Report (issue)
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