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Chalcocite from
Empire Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Molybdofornacite3 photos of Chalcocite associated with Molybdofornacite at this locality.
Anglesite2 photos of Chalcocite associated with Anglesite at this locality.
Wulfenite1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Empire Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:225874
Long-form Identifier:1:3:225874:4
GUID (UUID V4):32f222f4-2f70-482c-82f3-ebbca80f2bab
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Toughnut Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Emerald Mine, Silver Plume Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Middlemarch Mine, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Middlemarch Mine slag locality, Middlemarch Mine, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) Herron Mine, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) McLenden Mine, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Mame Mine, Great Western Group, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Leadville Mines (Armstrong Mine; Andes Copper), Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) Star Hill prospect (Star Hill deposit), Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
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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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
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
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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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/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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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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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
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Participants: On behalf of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...resource, of a northwesterly trend that extends into Arizona. We wish to acknowledge management of Mexicana...Muller.rem CONTENTS: Roadlog from Tucson to Tombstone to Bisbee to Douglas Geology Map of Cananea-Nacorzari...La Caridad Mine Geologic Summary of the Nacorzari Mining District Maps of Southern Arizona - Northern
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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
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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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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...lead). Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...in Castle Dome district; common in silver veins. ANTIMONY ORES. See Jamesonite and Stibnite. ARGENTITE
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found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
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Cosponsored by THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ARIZONA Arizona Geological Survey TucsoN AruzoNA...front and back covers are by Peter F. Corrao, Arizona Geological Survey. Back cover© 1989 by Peter F...SURVEY Cosponsored by Arizona Geological Society University of Arizona Arizona Geological Survey 9th...Sonoran and southern Mojave Deserts, southern Arizona and southeastern California, United States, and...magmatic arc rocks of south-central and southeastern Arizona By Nancy R. Riggs, Kenneth A. Hon, and Gordon B
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[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
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Environmental Investigations Project in southeastern Arizona. by B.B. Houser, M.E. Gettings, M.W. Bultman, Floyd...Environmental Investigations Project in southeastern Arizona Southwest Field Office Western Minerals Resources...Environmental Investigations Project in southeastern Arizona Contents Introduction 3 Road log 3 Tucson basin...Mountains 6 Empire Mountains 7 Rosemont 7 Whetstone Mountains 8 Greaterville gold placer mining district 8 Kentucky...stratigraphy and alteration 30 Mineralization and mining history 32 Overviews of region's hydrologic profile
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The Bisbee Group of the Tombstone Hills, Southeastern Arizona Stratigraphy, Structure, Metamorphism,... Chapter B The Bisbee Group of the Tombstone Hills, Southeastern Arizona Stratigraphy, Structure, Metamorphism...a better understanding of ore deposits in the Tombstone Basin area U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2042-B...STUDIES ALONG THE SIERRITA-MOGOLLON TRANSECT, ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE...Eric R. The Bisbee Group of the Tombstone Hills, southeastern Arizona : stratigraphy, structure, metamorphism
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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...................................... History of Mining .................................. _..... _.......................................... Torn Scott Mine ..... _.............................................................................. Silver Bill Mine ._ ... _.......................................
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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
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Phillips Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourses 1502 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 .... . 1 Arizona Copper Deposits 1 Figure 1. Map showing copper oxide resources in Arizona 2 Figures...3 Table 1. Arizona copper oxide deposits Cochise County . Coconino County 4 6 Gila County . . . . ....Graham County . . 7 Greenlee County 8 La Paz County. . . 8 Maricopa County 9 Mohave County · 10...10 Navajo County Pima County. . · 11 Yavapai County .. · 11 . . . . 13 . . . . .. . 16 16 Yuma County
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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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50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
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. " . ,,-,�-- . --,- , , ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP 1988 ,I � �, ----' SOCIETY..." L l, . L ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1988 Fall Field Trip VISIT TO THE TOMBSTONE, B ISBEE AND COMMONWEALTH...COMMONWEALTH DISTRICTS, ARIZONA October 22 and 23, 1988 Hugo Bummett and Nora Colburn, Trip Leaders. ...ROUTE MAP: ROAD LOGS: 1) TUCSON TO TOMBSTONE 2) TOMBSTONE TO BISBEE 3) BISBEE TO 1- 1 0 (TEXAS...arranging to provide the colored maps for the Tombstone area; Harald Drewes, of the USGS, for volunteering
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........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
 
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