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Turquoise from
El Tiro Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Comments:Occurs as a coating with cacoxenite on torbernite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Tiro Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:225206
Long-form Identifier:1:3:225206:3
GUID (UUID V4):96edb3b3-37b9-46a8-9c77-e6951485f920
Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise
1.3km (0.8 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-159n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-158n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-155n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-154n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Oxide Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) Esperanza Mine [new] (Esperanza pit; Esperanza open pit mines; West Esperanza Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press...Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and
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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...occurrences throughout Arizona prepared in part by the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology under...in a prior publication wherein the entire MRDS (Mineral Resource Data System) record was published (see
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/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...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...curator of the Mineralogical Museun1. His studies in mineral synthesis, crystal structure analysis, and classical
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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...Gem and Mineral Society The University of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright...Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. First edition 1977 Revised...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson
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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...nature to include all known occurrences of every mineral which has been found in the state. Of the more...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present address: MAGMACHEM...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Geology and Mineral Technology, 845 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela...Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents Page Introduction.......................................
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