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Quartz from
Arivaca, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:Sceptered crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arivaca, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204696
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204696:9
GUID (UUID V4):183330b3-eb09-4f97-bcdb-7c0b88fedd54
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.6km (5.3 miles) Yellow Jacket Mine, Yellow Jacket Wash, Bartlett Mountain, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) Cerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Mary G Mine (Mary E Mine; Princess claim; Princess group), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) New Colorado Mine, Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Silver Hill Mine (Gold Coin Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) Scepter Hill, California Gulch, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Corral Nuevo (Nuevo Corral), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) St. Patrick Mine (Saint Patrick Mine), Pajarito District (Nogales District), Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) Morning & Evening Mine group (Morning and Evening Mine; Morning Mine), Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Big Steve Mine, Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeologyandOre Depositsof Las GuiiasTungstenDistrict, Pima County, Arizona A. M^•^• Abstract Las Guijastungsten...districtis located58 milessouthwest of Tucson,Arizona. The areastudied hassix pre-Quaternary rockunits:granite...associated structurally andgenetically with the Las Guijasgranitestock,andall the veinsencircle the stock...minerals alongwith sulfidesand oxide minerals. Quartz is the prevalentgangueand sericite--an alteration...the light of the recentexperimentalstudies, the Las Guijastungstendepositshavebeenclassified as epig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Middle Jurassic strata of Cobre Ridge, southern Arizona, USA Nancy R. Riggs a a n d C a t h y J. B u s...Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, A Z 86011, USA b Department of Geological Sciences...University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA Received April 20, 1991; revised version accepted...Middle Jurassic strata of Cobre Ridge, southern Arizona, USA. In: R. Cas and C. Busby-Spera (Editors), Volcaniclastic...Jurassicintrusiverocks Jurassicsupracrustalrocks Baboquivari Mountains D ~ ~ 13 ~ Tucson li li ( ~ /!i II '~ Strata
Report (volume)
I ', .. I' I I Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...----------Introduction History of placer mining in Arizona ----------~-------'----------------Purpose...- -------- - --- ----------------------Cochise County ____ __ ___ l. Dos Cabezas and Tevis1ton districts...Courtland-Gleeson district (Turquoise district) --------------------3. Bisbee-Warren district (Gold Gulch placer)...-----------------------4. Huachuca placers (Hereford or Hartford district) -----------------Other d~tricb -------------
Report (issue)
OF THE TUCSON AND NOGALES 1° by 2° QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA Edited by Jocelyn A. Peterson Open-File Report...Gray-scale contour maps of element distribution in Arizona, scale 1:3,500,000: 19. Uranium ........................................ 63 22. Location map of mining districts .......................................Principal deposit types and cumulative production in mining districts.............. 13. List of mines with...and Nogales 1 by 2 quadrangles in south-central Arizona have made important economic contributions to a
Book
ofLEXICAL oe CASA GRANDE Ra) AJO ae CF PUERTO PENASCO SAN FELIPE CARL floret Oe Gulf of Calif. mt : J...Black Maverick Pima Indian Pesh-la-chi Tonto Apache Don Joaquin’s Gold TEXAS ki ve SAN ANTONIO hy ...Sonoyta Jesuits’ Silver OPSANTA ROSA Native Silver San Pedro Mine Lost Gold of the Vampire Bats Lost Treasure...mines & buried treasures alone the old frontier 750 SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBRARY RULES TIME: — Books...by John Hansen Maps and Titles by Margaret Gerke SAN DIEGO PUBLIC eee SAD VAS f @ A iC\ | Che l{
Report (issue)
OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 FRONTISPIECE... FRONTISPIECE The 18th century mission of San Xavier del Bac, which is located a few miles south of the center...reflects the Spanish and native American heritages of Arizona. The name honors the Jesuit missionary Saint Francis...also includes a Spanish recording of the Papago or Pima Indian word that refers to the place where the mission...of America. Arizona 1986. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1200-AZ) 1. Arizona Gazetteers
Book
J A SAN FELIPE C A L h Gulf u/ Cali/. \ \ - -- -=-YUMA TUCSON 0 DALLAS 0 TEXAS SAN ANTONIO... SIIS T E I C 0 Lost Dutchman Black Maverick Pima Indian Pesh-la-chi Tonto Apache Don Joaquln's Gold...Lost Gold of Sonoyta Jesuits' Silver Native Silver San Pedro Mine Lost Gold of the Vampire Bats Lost Treasure...Toltec and Aztec Indians of l.1exico understood the mining and smelting of gold and sjlver and used these...Conquistadores established their missions in the Aztec mining centers. Rich mines were opened near the missions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PYRITTJ TO WOLFRAMITE F. N. Gurr.r, UniwrsilY of Arizona. The microscopic study of polished surfaces of...photomicrograph of polished surface from Las Guijas, Arizona, showing pyrite to be later than lqolframite...lqolframite. Pyrite, white; wolframite, lined; quartz, dotted; holes, black. Some of the holes were formed in...specimen from the tungsten mines of Las Guijas, near Arivaca, Arizona, and about 50 miles south-west of...MINERALOGIST fact the latter quite likely has replaced quartz which had previously replaced the tungsten mineral
Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE OF CERTAIN URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA By Robert J. Wright December 1950 Division of...rocks . 12 Deposits in manta Cruz County and southern Pima County 14 Appendix 17 TABLES Table 1....4 Tale 2. Deposits in Santa Cruz County and southern Pima County 15 Table 3. (Appendix) Camples containing...Index map of Arizona . • • • • OOOOO • • Plate 2. Index -It.p of Santa Cruz and southern Pima Counties... Fourteen uranium-bearing mineral deposits in Arizona were investigated briefly. Three additional deposits
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)
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
Journal (issue)
California. May 1 — Fiesta and Spring Corn Dance, San Felipe Indian Pueblo. New Mexico. May 1-2—Eastern...the Yellow Moon. Montgomery Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona. Volume 16 May 1-3 — Annual Spring Festival,...other poems 4 May 2-5—Fiesta de Mayo, Nogales, Arizona. ADVENTURE 5 May 3—Corn Dance and ceremonial...Joshua Tree, California. May 4-7—Las Damas Annual Ride, Wickenburg, Arizona. May 6 — Public pilgrimage to...Jubilee pageant, Mesa, Arizona. May 14-17 —Elks Helldorado, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 15—San Isidro Fiesta and
Book
RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: MINERAL, FAMING, AND GRAZING LANDS, TOWNS, AND MINING CAMPS; ITS RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, PLAINS...Under autliority of the Legislature. Pkescott, Arizona. 1881. mmm. -•>- CONTENTS PAGE Preface Act...Historical 7 GrENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ArIZONA EivEEs AND Mountains 10 12 16 Fauna and Flora Counties... 25 , Mining Resources Cachise County Pima County Yavapai County Pinal County Gila County 33 35 41...41 47 58 61 Mohave County Yuma County 66 71 Maricopa County Graham and Apache Counties Coal and Salt
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...ALABASTER (anhydrous gypsum.) Occurs in Superstition Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Park;; Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County
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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resource s Arizona : its mineral , farming , grazing Patrick and ... Hamilton , Arizona . Legislative...RESOURCES OF ARIZONA . BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE. 1881 . 1 THE RESOURCES ARIZONA : OF ITS...MINERAL, FARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS, TOWNS, AND MINING Celax. H. Richm ond Ja, Ann Arbor , Mich...Legislature . PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. 1881. Art , THE RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ITS 49045- MINERAL,...AND GRAZING LANDS , TOWNS, AND MINING CAMPS ; ITS RIVERS , MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, AND MESAS ; WITH A BRIEF
Journal (issue)
distribution in August, 1945, by University of Arizona, Tucson. A MANUAL OF SOUTHWESTERN DESERT TREES...flora of Arizona and the Southwest. The first publication of the group is THE CACTI OF ARIZONA. This is...counties and all but the higher mountains of Clark county; in Arizona the lowest level of Grand Canyon...west and south of the Mogollon Rim and White mountains; in New Mexico the territory from Albuquerque...Albuquerque south, and west of the White and Sacramento mountains, and in Texas the El Paso and Big Bend country
Book (edition)
Of Arizona Pres; _£_2T7riMA -DTA/Vrt »t**-t,„ R 917.91 University Of A.izona Press ARIZONA PLACE...PLACE NAMES ARIZONA PLACE NAMES WILL C. BARNES' ARIZONA PLACE NAMES Revised and enlarged by ...Illustrated by ANNE MERRIMAN PECK THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON 1960 L. C. Catalog Card Number...The Board of Regents of and State College of Arizona. book may be reproduced in any form without permission...the new book would be a revision of the original Arizona Place Names produced in 1935 by one of the state's
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)
Journal (issue)
of Barstow, Red Ray of Lone Pine, Arnold Fryck of Las Vegas and Seldom Seen Slim of Panamint. Like many...the Encampment. John D. Henderson, Los Angeles County Librarian presided at an Author's breakfast held...Sierra Club, to climb in Providence and Calico Mountains, California. Jan. 1-31—Annual Winter Art Exhibition...Springs and Grotton Canyon. Jan. 4—Don's Trek to Pima Indian reservation. Phoenix. Jan. 6 — Installation...ceremonial dances. New Mexico. Jan. 6-10 — Fifth annual Arizona National Livestock Show. Phoenix. Jan. 8-10—New
Journal (issue)
scores of others including the Apaches, Sioux, Zuni, San Juan and Taos Indians 4 COLORFUL DAYS of Indian...studios in Whitefield, New Hampshire, and Tucson, Arizona. DESERT MAGAZINE »«•£ DESERT CALENDAR August...August 1-3 — Annual Cowboys' Reunion Rodeo, Las Vegas, New Mexico. August 2—Old Pecos Dance, Jemez Indian...— Desert Peaks Section, Southern California and San Diego Chapters, Sierra Club, climb to Temple Crag...Mexico. August 8-9 — Northern Arizona Square Dance Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona. August 8-10—Pecos Valley
Report (issue)
EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IN THE PAPAGO COUNTRY, ARIZONA, WITH A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY. By KIRK BRYAN. INTRODUCTION...region of about 13,000 square miles in southwestern Arizona. As shown on. Plate IX (in pocket), it is bounded...the'vast region of northern Sonora and southern Arizona which was known to the early Spanish explorers...and large groups of mountains are separated by broad basins or valleys. The mountains are so arranged that...enjoyment and interest. The bold slopes of the mountains, brown and desolate if composed of schist or gneiss
Report (volume)
_ atidnal' Forest, > gy of Cot Southeastern Arizona, and; ,' r*~' f '' V ' * *^* *" Southwestern New'...Geology of Coronado National Forest, Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico Edited by Edward A...geology of Coronado National Forest, southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico / edited by Edward...the Santa Rita, Atascos-Cobre-Coches-Pajarito-San Luis-Tumacacori, Whetstone, and Patagonia-Huachuca-Canelo...GEOLOGY OF CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO Edited by Edward A
Book (edition)
A.Robins 2-2 mire THE RESOURCES OF ARIZONA. ITS MINERAL, FARMING , GRAZING AND TIMBER LANDS...MAR 30 1927 UN IV ER SI TYO FMIC HI GA N SAN FRANCISCO : A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PRINTERS. ...CONTENTS . CHAPTER IV. -COUNTIES AND TOWNS. Page Pima County-Tucson : its History, General Appearance, Public...Trade, etc.Whipple Barracks-Flagstaff- Cochise County and its Early History-Tombstone : its Appearance...History and Characteristics -Benson-Bisbee-Maricopa County-Phoenix and its Charming Surroundings, Public Buildings
 
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