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Molybdenite from
Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Large masses (to 3 feet [1 meter] diameter observed) of molybdenite in marble.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243907:5
GUID (UUID V4):f355f992-83fb-462c-9856-ed4e66505940
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Eisenhower Mine (Eisenhower property/group; Mission Extension; Palo Verde Mine; Palo Verde copper deposit), Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Pima Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Mineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) North San Xavier pit (San Xavier North pit; San Xavier Mine), Mission complex, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, San Xavier (Tohono O'odom) Indian Reservation, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 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
11.7km (7.3 miles) New Years Eve Mine (Red Carbonate Mine; Amargosa Mine; Amargosa property; Snyder group), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.1km (9.4 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
15.9km (9.9 miles) Abe Lincoln Mine, 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,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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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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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
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented growth of mineral exploitation...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...geology in 1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations
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Fluorite in Arizona BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 3500 S. Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com...specimen photos by Jeff Scovil Figure 1. Map of Arizona showing noteworthy fluorite localities; prepared...William Besse. W hen one thinks about outstanding Arizona minerals, fluorite may be far down on the species...But Mindat lists no less than 390 localities for Arizona fluorite, distributed among twelve counties, suggesting...(http://mindat.org/fluorite/Arizona; accessed March 2016). The only area in Arizona without much fluorite is
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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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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE WESTERN OF MINERAL HEMISPHERE DEPOSITS Pid erih gd ar 6a he...Inc. Memoir 131 Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE...Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 1972...6oe) Ayal ANNOTATED viii BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 86 MUNTO. 6 c-0.0.0 dbo gio erslel betas...ousielefeis iartetin steremiensis eretetererci terete ARIZONA OGG ico aie elailav'01.8) V1028 08 '6@..6)bcelevels
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NAL JOUR RESS CONG PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS reonuany w77 2. I Ch): eh oe = S|...Review Issue N. T. Camicia, Chairman American Mining Congress One Longwall System After Another.....Kaiser Steel, a leader and pioneer in longwall mining, is just one of the many companies in the U.S....the equipment sold for longwall mining. Find out how Dowty longwall mining equipment, systems, and service...service can add profitability to your longwall mining system with Dowty hydraulic roof supports, Dowty Meco
 
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