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Sphalerite from
Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena22 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Quartz18 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cerussite7 photos of Sphalerite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Anglesite5 photos of Sphalerite associated with Anglesite at this locality.
Hydrozincite4 photos of Sphalerite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality.
Serpierite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Serpierite at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Silver-bearing Galena3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Silver-bearing Galena at this locality.
Hemimorphite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22521
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22521:0
GUID (UUID V4):d0dd3f1d-b6b8-472d-9326-982520e40e89
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Lead Lily shaft, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu mine (Eureka Lower Adit), Blumberg Canyon, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Hilltop Extension Mine (Lilly & Whale Groups), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Pine-Zinc Mine (Pursley Mine; Pursely Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag prospect, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Unnamed Cu-Zn Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) King of Lead Mine (King of Lead group; Windes Mine; Morrow Mine; Taylor Mine; Pursley Mine; Queen of Sheba claim), Cochise Head, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) Unnamed Zn-Cu prospect (2), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Unnamed Cu-Pb-Ag-Zn prospects, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...187 1973 Reprinted 1985 Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Geological Survey Branch A...A Division of the University of Arizona Tucson ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY TheArizona...of the State legislature. Under this act, the Arizona Bureau of Mines, created in 1915,was renamed and... a division of the Universityof Arizona administered by the Arizona Board of Regents, is charged by the
Report (volume)
TO WILDERNESS WILDERNESS AREAS CHIRICAHUA WILDERNESS AREA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-A...Resources of the ChiricahuaWilderness Area, Cochise County, Arizona By HARALD DREWES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...results of a mineral survey of the Chiricahua Wilderness, Arizona. CONTENTS Page Summary.............................................. History of mining.................................................. 1. Geologic and sample-locality maps of the Chiricahua Wilderness and vicinity.....................
Journal (issue)
White Development Officer William D. Panczner ARIZONA-IV Associate Editors written content Paul E. Desautels...Incognita - The search for minerals in Spanish Arizona .......... 67 by W. D. Panczner and C. S. Panczner...Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R. W. Thomssen...Shannon Calciovolborthite from the New Water Mountains ................................119 by W. Hunt...Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by D. K.
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Wulfenite’s deep, rich colors can be as warm as the Arizona climate in which it occurs so prolifically. RICHARD...RICHARD A. BIDEAUX 710 W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral...specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and even to the period...example, more than 150 localities are on record for Arizona alone (Anthony, Williams, and Bideaux, 1977; Wilt...collector since 1948, is the coauthor of Mineralogy of Arizona and the forthcoming Handbook of Mineralogy. Volume
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...McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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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RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was
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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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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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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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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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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...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, 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...'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...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE
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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...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.,
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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
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nlirttltttu iullrtitt ARIZONA BUfiEAU OF MINES ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART II ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES...to Residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED BY 1!tuiurrllUy 11f 1\ri~11utt TUCSON, ARIZONA TABLE OF CONTENTS.................... 7 7 8 CHAPTER n.-DRAGOON MOUNTAINS . By ELDRED D. WILSON ..... .... ........... ...................................... History of Mining .................................. _..... _.......................................... Torn Scott Mine ..... _........................................
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mineral derived from the supergene oxidation of sphalerite. It is particularly common in the oxide zones... aragonite, dolomite, anglesite, galena, and sphalerite have been reported. Quartz,goethite, pyrolusite...Bozion 1962) and as an alteration product in sphalerite-bearing pegmatites. Only those localities known...relatively recently from Kristalle (Laguna Beach, California), it is thought to have been recovered sometime...depth. These include the Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat pit, Franklin, New
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prepared during the last 20 years by geologists and mining engineers of the U.S. Geological Survey and the...Alaska, by Bruce R. Johnson and Arthur L. Kimball . Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . .................. ... .... . ... . Arnold Mesa Roadless Area, Arizona, by Edward W. Wolfe and Robert A. McColly . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .... Blue Range Wilderness, Arizona and ew Mexico. by James C. Ratte and R. G. Raabe... . . . . . . . . . ............. . Chiricahua Wilderness, Arizona, by Harald Drewes and Frank E. Williams
 
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