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Opal from
Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Comments:Occurs in oxidized zone as thin layers & in vugs with chrysocolla.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Malachite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:237918
Long-form Identifier:1:3:237918:0
GUID (UUID V4):b98c3f5e-8372-40f8-9b6d-1f90096257e6
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
9.3km (5.8 miles) Darius Mine, Buffalo Gulch, Globe Hills Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) Picketpost Mountain, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Reymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
36.0km (22.3 miles) Red Bluff Mine (Red Bluff prospect; Red Bluff claims; Claim MS 4788), Warm Spring Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Skeleton Wash deposit, Skeleton Wash, San Carlos, Gila County, Arizona, USA
42.1km (26.1 miles) Skeleton Wash, San Carlos, Graham County, Arizona, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) San Carlos deposits, Peridot area [Gila County], Graham County, Arizona, USA
47.8km (29.7 miles) Hope Mine (Hope deposit), Rose Creek Lodge area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
47.8km (29.7 miles) Lost Dog claim (Lost Dog deposit; Lost Dog prospect; Lorian Mine; Melinda Mine; Via Development Co. property), Workman Creek, Rose Creek Lodge area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
49.0km (30.5 miles) Suckerite claims (Charles Jr. No. 1 & 2; Definitely group; Tulsa Minerals Inc. property; Uranium Corp. lease), Workman Creek area, Aztec Lodge area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
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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
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Globe-Miami District, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...] Geology and Ore Deposits of the Globe-Miami District, Arizona By N. P. PETERSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Within the district of known PAPER 342 productive deposits are several large areas...1898Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, Arizona. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off....146-147. 1. Geology-Arizona-Globe-MJami district. 2. Ore-deposits-Arizona-Globe-Miami district. 3. Copper mines
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.................................. Ilistory of mining.................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of central Arizona ..................................... ·. . . ....Ray and Miami districts ................. ·.......................................... Mining and milling........ 0HAPTEU H.-Physical geography of the Ray-Miami region......................................................... CHAPTER I.II.-Geology of the Ray-Miami region ................................ ~......
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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1982 BY MICHAEL N. GREELEY FIELD ENGINEER I ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL JOHN H. JETT, DIRECTOR TUCSON...CONGRESS FAIRGROUNDS PHOENIX. ARIZONA RESOURCES 85007 TUCSON, ARIZONA (602) t>26 -!j 399 85701 ...purpose of this directory, an active mine is arbitrarily defined as a mine that is in continuous operation...information for our records. ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA TABLE OF CONTENTS ... COMPANY com~ ~~:A Industries...Andrada Marble C~pany. Inc ••••• Arizona Portland Cement Company. Arizona Silica Sal·1d Co ............
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the rainbow! This rainbow ends over Tiger, Arizona, a mining camp for gold and other metals. Downloaded...(below). Arizona sweethearts (heart pendants) to 28 mm. Top: “Gem chrysocolla” from Arizona. Bottom:...“Campbellite” from Bisbee, Cochise County. Left: Malachite from Bisbee, Cochise County. Right: Turquoise from Sleeping...Beauty mine, Gila County. Figure 3 (top right). Collecting at the Rowley mine, Maricopa County. Though...known for its wulfenite mineral specimens, this mine also produces excellent chrysocolla rough as well
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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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EEL LEY. Department of Geology University of Arizona and GAOT G. HIGRS United States Geological Survey...Survey th THE UNIVERSITY Tucson, Arizona OF ARIZONA PRESS About the Editors. SPENCER . . R...R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both the operational and...Geology Department faculty at the University of Arizona, Professor Titley has carried out field and laboratory...and earned the doctorate from the University of Arizona. Caro. L. Hicks is an Editorial Assistant with
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and Ore . Deposits of the Castle Dome Area Gila County, Arizona By N. P. PETERSON, C. M. GILBERT, and G...Dacite___________________________________________________ Gila conglomerate ____________________________ ~____________...__________ Minerals of the Castle Dome copper deposit _________ ._ ___ __ __ _____ Hypogene minerali...66 66 66 69 IV CONTENTS Castle Dome copper deposit-Continued Hypogene mineralization-Continued Hydrothermal...4. 5. 6. Geologic map of Castle Dome area, Gila County, Ariz _____ In pocket Geologic sections of Castle
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CHRYSOCOLLAFROM INSPIRATION MINE, ARIZONA MrNc-SueNSuN, New MexicoInstituteof Mining and,Technology,...Tertiary Schultze granite in the vicinity of Inspiration mine, Arizona. This chrysocolla is not a definite chemical...samples. INrnorucrroN Inspiration mine is about one mile northwest of Miami, Arizona. Supergene enriched...the granitic rocks in the vicinity of the Inspiration mine. It occurs in fissures,vugs, cracks and small...are opal, quaftz and malachite. Details of the geology and the copper depositsof the Miami mining district
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" \ AN)» el \} -w y = —Z- es MC =) a oS MINING 147 AND MINERAL OPERATIONS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN...cataloged as follows: United States. Bureau of Mines. Mining and mineral operations in the Rocky Mountain States;...and nonmetallics. Stable and economic domestic mining, mineral, metal, and mineral reclamation industries...enjoy your experiences. This pamphlet, a guide to mining and mineral operations that may be observed or...aid tourists and students who are interested in mining. Some may wish to study our Nation’s romantic past;
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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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TREASURES An Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes ........18 Chance Encounter Creates Opportunity to Mine for Variscite By Helen Serras-Herman 20 CRYSTAL...Adult www.PrescottGemMineral.org ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU...(weather permitting) Rock Shop Hours: 7:30 am-4:30 pm Mining hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm 775-941-0374 Come enjoy...instone “A” Grade Welo Opal We have a large supply of “A” Grade Welo opal that really needs to sell
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and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...among other types of poisonous creatures, the Gila monster and the black spider. In general, snakes
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PHOTO Planet Mine , Arizona Chris Whitney-Smith Photo COPPER 8.1cm Rocklands Mine, Australia Jeff...Minutes Meeting Highlights Mineral Of The Month Arizona Copper Minerals--Les Presmyk Collection Spotlight--Hannah...Hunter 2024 Field Trip List Trip Report--Planet Mine-- Joseph Philpott Members Zone-- Cameron Reichert...finding interesting localities to collect all over Arizona and beyond. I also enjoy dabbling in rock tumbling...MESSAGE PRESIDENT: CHRIS WHITNEY-SMITH Thank You, Arizona, for the warm and wonderful 2023 Winter! Wishing
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originality. 1Paper read at the meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute at Toronto, March 2-4, 191o, and published...observationthat can be pursuedby those actively engagedin mining,who in their opportunityto studyan ore body day...requisiteto scientificresearchand every man engagedin mining may, if he chooses,advanceour knowledgeof ore depositsby...geologichistory. In a study of the ore depositsof a district the hypothesisof downward enrichmentis likely...changein characterof the ore depositsof a given district is significantlyrelated to the topographicsurface
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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
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized Silver...Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite...Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful, Smithsonite...Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in matrix
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January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special
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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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of ore Type of dating Age la B. Reference ARIZONA Mineral Park 35*22' * m°02* CM, Mo K-Ar 72...Coppermolybdenum mineralization at Mineral Park, Mojsve County, Arizona, in Ridge. J. D., Ore deposits of the United...Volume), v. 2: New York, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, p. 1256-1281...mineralization in the Gold BasinLost Basin mining districts, Mojave County, Arizona: Geological Society of America...sges: Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 664-878. Globe-Miami district 33°20» x 110°45' Porphyry Cu K-Ar 63
 
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