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Turquoise from
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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view 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
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:258268
Long-form Identifier:1:3:258268:9
GUID (UUID V4):1f985569-14b5-46fc-9e8e-f3079d352961
Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise
9.3km (5.8 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
37.3km (23.2 miles) Forty-nine Mine (Forty Nine Mine; 49 Mine), Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) Oxide Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) El Tiro Mine, Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-158n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-159n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-155n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
76.5km (47.6 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect Vhne-154n, Vaca Hills, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
87.5km (54.4 miles) Manila Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
93.8km (58.3 miles) West Side Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Book (edition)
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
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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/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
Book (edition)
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
Book (edition)
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)
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
Report (issue)
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
Book
Giants in geology and pioneers in the study of mineral deposits, copper ores, and regional geology of...of the American Southwest. Shown at Bisbee, Arizona during the 16th IGC (1933) are, left to right, Bert...the American Southwest Tucson to Globe-Miami, Arizona July 19-23, 1989 Field Trip Guidebook T338 Leader:...Titley Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Associate Leaders: S. A. Anzalone... Anthony3 Trip Headquarters and Date: Tucson, Arizona, 19-23 July 1989 INTRODUCTION Some Geological
Report (issue)
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.......................................
Report (issue)
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...Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of mineral information contained
Report (issue)
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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...Valley, Arizona 85737 TERRY C. WALLACE Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721...into the “age of electricity,” and the copper of Arizona was essential to the new industrialization. Copper...squarely at the center of power and politics in Arizona for the first thirty years of this century. Arizona’s...including The Mineralogy of Arizona (third edition, University of Arizona Press, 1995). His last article
Report (issue)
RESUME of the GEOWGY OF ARIZONA by Eldred D. Wilson, Geologist THE ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES Bulletin...UNIVBR.ITY OP ARIZONA. PR • • • _ TUC.ON FOREWORD This "Resume of the Geology of Arizona," prepared...Geologist, Arizona Bureau of Mines, is a notable contribution to the geologic and mineral resource literature...literature about Arizona. It comprises a thorough and comprehensive survey of the natural processes and...continued, detailed studies which will follow. The Arizona Bureau of Mines is pleased to issue the work as
Report (issue)
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...Arizona's principal copper-producing metallic mineral districts for the following deposit types: Figure...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
Report (issue)
Tectonics of Sou thea t rn Arizona Tectonics of Southeastern Arizona By HARALD D. DREWES GEOLOGICAL...Drewes, Harald, 1927Tectonics of southeastern Arizona. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1144) Bibliography:...: I 19.16:1144 1. Plate tectonics. 2. Geology-Arizona. I. Title. II. Series: United States Geological...-------------------------------------------------Rincon Mountains gneissic dome -----------------------------Other...-----------Northern Dragoon Mountains ---------------------------Northern Chiricahua Mountains-----------------------Southern
Journal (issue)
University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...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 ................................by W. E. Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and...and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral localities: the Glove m ine............................................
Book (volume)
.......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ..........................
Book (edition)
• MS LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI...materials have been found 58 119 Glossary of mineral terms 173 Sources of information 175 Books...by buying from the large stocks advertised by mineral supply houses. It's fun and profitable 1 Perhaps...from rocks, which are mixmres of minerals. Each mineral has physical characteristics peculiar to itself...gem and rare enough stand stone material, a mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough
Report (issue)
OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA 1986 FRONTISPIECE...reflects the Spanish and native American heritages of Arizona. The name honors the Jesuit missionary Saint Francis...also includes a Spanish recording of the Papago or Pima Indian word that refers to the place where the mission...of America. Arizona 1986. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1200-AZ) 1. Arizona Gazetteers...the results of investigations of the Nation's mineral, energy, land, and water resources. In addition
Report (volume)
I ', .. I' I I Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...----------Introduction History of placer mining in Arizona ----------~-------'----------------Purpose...- -------- - --- ----------------------Cochise County ____ __ ___ l. Dos Cabezas and Tevis1ton districts...Courtland-Gleeson district (Turquoise district) --------------------3. Bisbee-Warren district (Gold Gulch placer)...-----------------------4. Huachuca placers (Hereford or Hartford district) -----------------Other d~tricb -------------
Book (volume)
............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................11 Arizona ............................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................11 Arizona ............................................................479 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
Show/Event (guide)
A. * ' Congratulations to the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, recipient of the 1987 Carnegie Mineralogical...institutions—thus private mineral enthusiasts, col­ lectors, educators, curators, mineral groups or societies...awarded each year during the main Tucson Show. The Mineral Museums Advisory Council will be administering...will be sent to you by return mail. Thank You! MINERAL MUSEUMS Ron Bentley, 6 Claremont St., Enfield...Color Separations Hollis Phototechnics Tucson, Arizona Printing Waverly Press Easton, Maryland © 1989
 
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