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Calcite from
Colossal Cave, Colossal Cave Park, Vail, Rincon Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Occurs as stalactites & stalagmites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colossal Cave, Colossal Cave Park, Vail, Rincon Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222260
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222260:8
GUID (UUID V4):ccab4e34-faaa-476c-b2a4-55e49038c9eb
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.9km (3.7 miles) Marsh Station vicinity, Pima County, Arizona, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) C and H Mine group, Sycamore Canyon, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) New York Mine, Beuhman Hill, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) Chief Mine (Chief claim), Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Forty-nine Mine (Forty Nine Mine; 49 Mine), Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Jerome No. 2 Mine, State of Maine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Unnamed copper mine, Deer Creek, Rincon Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Arizona Geological Society Field Trip to Colossal Cave and the Surrounding Area, Pima County, Arizona...Speleologist Colossal Cave Mountain Park February 19, 2000 Colossal Cave Mountain Park THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY...INTENTIONALLY BLANK Colossal Cave Mountain Park Physical and Biological Resources General Geology Introduction:...Introduction: Colossal Cave Mountain Park is the only interpretive site in the Pima County parks system...representing the entire span of geologic time in southern Arizona as well as evidence of the physical changes that
Report (volume)
Resources of the Rincon Wilderness Study Area, Pima County, Arizona A. Geology of the Rincon Wilderness Study...Study Area, Pima County, Arizona By CHARLES H. THORMAN and HARALD DREWES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY B....Mineralized Areas of the Rincon Wilderness Study Area, Pima County, Arizona By MICHAEL E. LANE, U.S....Mineral resources of the Rincon wilderness study area, Pima County, Arizona. (Studies related to wilderness-wilderness...no.: I 19.3: 1. Mines and mineral resources-Arizona-Rincon Wilderness Area. I. United States. Bureau of
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Dear Field Trip Participants: On behalf of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy...resource, of a northwesterly trend that extends into Arizona. We wish to acknowledge management of Mexicana...the Nacorzari Mining District Maps of Southern Arizona - Northern Mexico and geology sections at Nacorzari...about 13 Ma. 6.5 At 3:00 are the Santa Rita Mountains. 8.6 Exit 273. 9.6 Milepost Rita Road. 274...1.4 Houghton Road and turn-off to Colossal Cave and Pima County Fairgrounds. 12.1 Milepost 276.5
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Rita Mountains is at 12 :00. Empire Mo:.~ntains are at 12:30 in middle distance, backed by Rincon and...Elgin on right. Whetstone Mountains from 1 :00 to 2:00; Mustang Mountains from 2 :00 to 3:00, with Mount...at 3 :00. The Mustang Mountains are separated from the central Whetstone Mountains on the north by the...Raup (1968) in the southern Mustang Mountains. The Mustang Mountains are the type locality for the Rain...formation (late Early Permian) in southeastern Arizona . 0.6 Milepost 28. Note buried soils on right for
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JANUARY, 1972 I ^ 50c Desert Magazine Book Shop ARIZONA by David Muench. The finest pictorial presentation...Joshua Tree Nationa I Monu ment to Banning to the Arizona side of the Colorado. $3.00 each. Re certain to...identification. ""aperback, 1 1 2 pages, SI GHOST TOWNS OF ARIZONA BY JAMES E. and BARBARA 5HERMAN Illustrated with...book describes and locates 130 ghost towns in Arizona. Wei I-written and researched by authors who personally...flowers found in fhe Moiave. Colorado and Western Arizona deserts, all of which also have common and scientific
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University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum ALEXANDER G. SCHAUSS University of Arizona Gould-Simpson...Street Tucson, Arizona 85721 aschauss@email.arizona.edu Figure 1. The historic Pima County Courthouse, site...site of the new University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum, opening in late 2020 in...Tucson, Arizona. 56   ROCKS & MINERALS EUGENE S. MEIERAN 5316 N. Via Velazquez Tucson, Arizona 85750...celebrating the opening of the new University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum in late 2020
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The Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1981 Symposium on "RELATIONS OF TECTONICS...Tectonites and Detachment Faults Southeastern Arizona" March 16-18 Leaders: G. Davis, J. Hardy, S. Lingrey...Gerla (GMRC). ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 TO: ...Tectonites and Detachment Faults, Southeastern Arizona The central theme of the symposium is tectonics...core complexes of the Graham and Rincon Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Although the Tertiary metamorphic
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mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona Geological Society , March 3, 1964. This memorial...developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have strayed...deposits in Mexico from 1922 to 1926, in southern Arizona, Virginia and the Central Mining District of New...position of ore relative to the source hinges upon Arizona Geological Society - Guidebook III theories of...continually emphasize the importance of studies of Arizona Geological Society - Guidebook III structure in
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Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/00 $20.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA (Received January 11, 1999; accepted...a wide region of semi-arid terrain in Arizona, southwestern USA, in order to evaluate the contribution...dominated by silicate lithologies. Dust in southeast Arizona has higher 87 Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7100 – 0.7123)...87Sr/86Sr ratios of carbonate dust from southeast Arizona with those from surrounding regions shows that
Book
University of Arizona . Press Tucson - _ NEIL MILLER For Paul Brouillette The University of Arizona Press...Caverns. Kartchner Caverns State Park® is a registered trademark of Arizona State Parks. This book is printed...Discovery 3 Two Spelunkers 13 The Golden Age of Arizona Caving Exploring Xanadu 29 Playing for Time 51...Line Up 77 95 117 From Desert Outpost to State Park Epilogue 167 Acknowledgments Timeline 187 People...org/details/kartchnercavernsOO00Omill The memory of a cave I used to know was always in my mind, with its lofty
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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...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
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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...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
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...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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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
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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
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/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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OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 FRONTISPIECE...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...Alphabetical list of Geological Survey maps of Arizona...............................................
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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...address: MAGMACHEM Assoc., Phoenix, AZ. 85044 3/ Menlo Park, CA., 94025 RE0.1 STARE Co6; 4004225 04 M003904...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N...045 P1MA DISTRICT DISTRICT PIIIAA PIMA ODEN PIT HIKE PRINCE OF ARIZONA MI 05N PROSPECT NEAR OLD MI RAY
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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...845 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
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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...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)
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sides marked where known ROADSIDE N JEOLOGY of Arizona Halka Chronic MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY...Data Chronic, Halka. Roadside geology of Arizona 1. Geology—Arizona—Guide-books. Description and travel—1981-...Title. QE85.C481983 557.91 ISBN 0-87842-147-5 2. Arizona— —Guide-books. 83-2233 MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING...field trips, and geologic work on the northern Arizona Plateau. To one brought up on the desert, its call...interplay with the geologic forces that created the mountains and valleys and that control the water supply
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. " . ,,-,�-- . --,- , , ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP 1988 ,I � �, ----' SOCIETY...L [ L L , \ . I , . l " L l, . L ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1988 Fall Field Trip VISIT...TOMBSTONE, B ISBEE AND COMMONWEALTH DISTRICTS, ARIZONA October 22 and 23, 1988 Hugo Bummett and Nora Colburn...guidebook cover; John Guilbert, of the University of Arizona, for filling in as a tour guide/expert for Tom...Newell, of Newmont, for coming all the way to Arizona from Connecticut to renew an acquaintance with
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02033 2 Vol. 48, No. 3 • March 2018 16 ARIZONA UNDERGROUND 10 Winter visitors enjoy underground...Story and Photos by Bob Jones March 2018 11 Arizona Underground W hen winter comes, tens of thousands...into the Mule Mountains, far enough that you can see setups of min- Rock & Gem Arizona Underground Museum...seeing mining equipment, minsee specimens at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, situated ing artifacts, and...Tucson. The University of Arizona boasts a marvelous collection of Arizona minerals, including superb
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in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. • Color of the desert is one of its most subtle...better acquaint ed with the Papago Indians of Arizona and the Laguna tribe of New Mexico. • Last July...a choir of CCC boys and instrumental music. The park service was obliged to discontinue the services...his lawless mob reined their jaded horses on the Arizona shore and waited for the ferry. There were nine...seekers were forced to pay or sit and starve on the Arizona shore. The majority paid and their grumblings were
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Foote's Complete Mineral Catalogue. ] CAÑON DIABLO, ARIZONA, DIAMONDIFEROUS METEORIC IRON. -Probably no other...what caused the latter phenomenon ? SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS (N. M. ) METEORIC IRON .- ( W. M. Foote Am. Jour...on a new meteorite from the Sacramento Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico .”) This mass of iron is believed... Tead, and zinc effervesce about as easily as calcite. Many others effer vesce , but much slower. “..." water " to “ float " a placer in the Organ Mountains. An old gentleman be came quite interested, and
 
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