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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Largely confined to weathered capping of notably pyritic ores.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203328:0
GUID (UUID V4):5f4059aa-a2c9-435d-a32a-554ac060f5d0
Localities for Jarosite in this Region
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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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 .
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
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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)
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
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)
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 ......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and...and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA (Received June 1I, 1992; accepted in revised form October...on microprobes located at the universities of Arizona and Cape Town using different standards. Mea- ...2; (c) IIKAL, San Manuel, Arizona, IR = 3; (d) 5CACC, Copper Creek Arizona, IR = 4. (e) 78MAR, Maria...Porphyry Base Metal Deposits Copper Creek, Arizona, USA Molybdenites from porphyry base-metal deposits
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
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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extreme relief in the region of Los Pelambres a jarosite componentbeing widespreadover pyrite- gives rise...ground waters. studiesat San Manuel-Kalamazoo, Arizona (Lowell The abundanceof quartz in both feldspar-stable...pegmatitemasses,also in areas enrichedin magnetite,at Ajo, Arizona (Gilluly, 1946). They may representincipien...Schoolof Mines, Imperial College,London. DEPARTMENT OF MINING GEOLOGY ROYALSCHOOLOFMINES, IMPERIAL COLLEGE...feldspar-destruc- Gilluly, J., 1946, The Ajo mining district, Arizona: U.S. tive alterationprobablycoincidedwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOHNSTON MINERALIZED BASIN, BRECCIA PIPES ARIZONA AND J. DAVID LOWELL CONTENTS PAGE Abstract...939 939 ABSTRACT The Copper Basin district, Yavapai County, Arizona, contains a "porphyry copper"type...monzoniteporphyry units. Mineral depositsof the district have a rough zonal arrangement with copper-molybdenum...10 to 15 miles southwestof Prescott in Yavapai County (Fig. 1). The area is in the mountain region that...West Spruce Mountain at the northern edge of the district. Major ore depositsof Precambrianage in nearby
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations...1922 to 1926, in southern Arizona, Virginia and the Central Mining District of New Mexico from 1927 to
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
Report (issue)
IGNEOUS ROCKS AT THE CHRISTMAS MINE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Randolph Allan Koski Open-File Report...copper deposit, located in southern Gil a County, Arizona, is part of the major porphyry copper province...on the geology and ore deposits of the Ray district, Arizona conducted by the Branch of Western Mineral..... xii INTRODUCTION ........................ Mining History. .................... Previous Work .....Geology of the Christmas mine area, Gil a County, Arizona ...................... In pocket II. Cross
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1322 JEi?RY TAULF, 1. Location San Manuel, Arizona, Red Hill area Alunite E. KNIGHT Occurrences...concentrator Ajo, Arizona, Concentrator volcanics Gilluly, 1946 Hill Morenci, Arizona, Ryerson mine...mine shale-porphyry Ray, Arizona, No. 1, 2, and 3 mines schist pyrite, kaolinite, quartz Lindgren...Coloradopipe and all mine Kelley, 1935 Safford, Arizona, shaft volcanics Tyrone, New Mexico, old town...Patagonia, Arizona, high on Red Mr. volcanic quartz, kaolinite, pyrite Silver Bell, Arizona, alaskite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supergene glassy limonite, goethite, hematite and jarosite assemblages reflects the underlying sulfide assemblages...with a simplified geologic map of the El Salvador district, centered on the Indio Muerto area (from Cornejo...1995), and the geology and geochronology of the district are relatively well understood (Cornejo et al...margin of the M Gulch (QM) pit and the area of mining depression adjacent to Indio Muerto are shown by...Nose, looking eastward from the central area of mining depression. The highest point is the top of Cerro
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
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...I! Published by : : The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW
Report (issue)
ousielefeis iartetin steremiensis eretetererci terete ARIZONA OGG ico aie elailav'01.8) V1028 08 '6@..6)bcelevels...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...(COLORADO-UTAH-NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA) ... 323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope...DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona .......vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE DEAL
Report (issue)
uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah, by Albert F. Trites, Jr., Randall T. Chew...and oxidation of ore at the Peanut mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Carl H. Roach and Mary E. Thompson_...Geology and mineralogy of the J. J. mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Donald P. Elston and Theodore Bo...geology of the Rifle and Garfield mines, Garfield County, Colorado, by Theodore Botinelly and R. P. Fischer__________...Plateau, which covers parts of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, are the principal domestic source
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Book (edition)
PAGE Extraction of Metals and Minerals 398 Mining, 398; Milling, 1+10; Smelting, 1+11+; Refining...and as such was taught as one phase of mining in the early mining schools. As greater attention was paid...tive industries. The early kinship with mining, and metal mining in particular, with which economic geology...specialized subdivision of economic geology known as mining geology which deals especially with the problems...problems of ore deposits and their relation to metal mining and, to some extent, with metallurgy. This relation
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inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS "The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians' failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business." James Boyd...placer gold rush and a poetic expression of an early mining venture. It was tin that apparently drew the Phoenicians...production costs. Depletion, Exhaustion, and Costs of Mining The exhaustion of an ore deposit may occur suddenly
 
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