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Muscovite from
Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:As 'books' of broadleaved, rather coarsely crystalline material in the Cardigan gneiss and associated pegmatites.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:286708
Long-form Identifier:1:3:286708:3
GUID (UUID V4):1b7d32cc-ce8c-4534-bac1-6aa1450d5fe0
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
San Antonio Mine (Clark Silica Mine; Sunshine Mine; San Antonio Mica Mine; Desert White Queen Mine; Crowler Nos. 1-4; Mica Mine; Valentina Mining claim), San Antonio group of claims, Chico Shunie, Chico Shunie Hills, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sodic-Calcic Family of Alteration in Porphyry Systems of Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico Simone E. Runyon,1,2,3...E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071-2000, USA 2 Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution...5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, D.C., 20015, USA 3 Lowell 4 Department Institute for Mineral Resources...Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth St., Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, USA of Earth and Atmospheric...districts with Laramide porphyry systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Previously undocumented Na-Ca alteration
Report (issue)
deposits of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle, Arizona Presented at Tucson, Arizona February 26...1988 CONTENTS Page 1. The Cusmap Program in the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangles, by Floyd Gray...Mineral occurrences in the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangles, Arizona, by R.M. Tosdal and J.A. Peterson........... 3 3. Thermo-tectonic terranes of the Ajo and Lukeville ro by 2° quadrangle K-Ar geochronology...leuco-granites, Baboquivari Mountains Range, south-central Arizona, by G.B. Haxel ...............................
Report (issue)
Mineral Resource Maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2° Quadrangles, Arizona AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND...Mineral Resource Maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2° Quadrangles, Arizona By FLOYD GRAY, RICHARD M....mineral resource maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2° quadrangles, Arizona I by Floyd Gray ... [et al...4/2:1082 1. Geology--Arizona--Ajo Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Arizona--Ajo Region. I. Gray, Floyd...Description of component maps and studies of the Ajo and Lukeville quadrangles folio 5 Geology 5 Proterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Journal Pre-Proof Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems Simone E. Runyon, Eric Seedorff...Steele-MacInnis, P. Lecumberri-Sanchez, F.K. Mazdab, Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems, Ore...Published by Elsevier B.V. JOURNAL PRE-PROOF Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems Simone...Geosciences University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 † Corresponding...E- Keywords: porphyry copper, greisen, coarse muscovite alteration, hydrothermal alteration, porphyry
Report (issue)
Director Professional Paper 209 THE AJO MINING DISTRICT ARIZONA BY JAMES GILLULY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Faults of northeast trend near the Ajo Peaks. .......... Little Ajo Mountain fault....................... Minor faults possibly cognate with the Little Ajo Mountain fault ..................................................... Minerals found in the Ajo mining district. ............. Features of occurrence .....73 73 77 77 81 82 83 83 83 83 83 84 86 86 86 87 Mining history ......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RELATED HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS, SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA WILLIAM J. A. STAVAST,†,* Center for Mineral Resources...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ROBERT F. BUTLER,** Department...Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ERIC SEEDORFF, MARK D. BARTON... University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 AND CHARLES A. FERGUSON Arizona Geological Survey... 416 West Congress Street, Suite 100, Tucson, Arizona 85701 Abstract Multiple lines of evidence, including
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
Report (issue)
Interpretive Geologic Map of Mt Ajo Quadrangle, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona by Janet L. Brown Open-File...Geologic Map of Mt. Ajo Quadrangle, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona by Janet L. Brown INTRODUCTION...west of Tucson and 145 mi southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. The Monument preserves the only population of...southern Arizona and in the state of Sonora, Mexico. The Mt. Ajo quadrangle includes the popular Ajo Mountain...Estes Canyon to Bull Pasture near the summit of Mt. Ajo. Landforms of the Monument are dominated by steep
Journal (issue)
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 mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and...and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA (Received June 1I, 1992; accepted in revised form October...on microprobes located at the universities of Arizona and Cape Town using different standards. Mea- ...2; (c) IIKAL, San Manuel, Arizona, IR = 3; (d) 5CACC, Copper Creek Arizona, IR = 4. (e) 78MAR, Maria...Porphyry Base Metal Deposits Copper Creek, Arizona, USA Molybdenites from porphyry base-metal deposits
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.................................. 165 165 Muscovite ................................................alteration products are green biotite, chlorite, muscovite,sericite, hydromica,kaolinite, and other clay...biotite-albite-quartzorthoclasealterationfaciesat Bagdad,Arizona. He notedthat the leafy, disseminatedbiotitewas...paleolive-brownor reddish-brown pleochroism. Muscovite.--In discussing the alterationof biotitethe problemof...follows: "sericiteis a fine scalyor fibrouskind of muscovite. The name is usuallyconfinedto whitemicathat is
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...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)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit, Arizona R. K. PREECE, III GeologyDepartment, PhelpsDodge Corporation,Morenci, Arizona 85540 AND...Suite 400, 10 East Broadway Boulevard, Tucson,Arizona 85701 Abstract Two wall-rocktypesof contrasting...Sierrita Mountain range in Pima ized by widespreaddevelopmentof new silicateas- County,Arizona.The orebodiesare...orebodiesare in the Pima minsemblages which differ in characterboth within in- ing district, which encompasses...space,and phyry copperoccurrences, includingthe Pima-Mishost-rockcompositionand between individual de-
Report (issue)
Resource Assessment of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° Quadrangles, Arizona By Jocelyn A. Peterson, Dennis...61 61 64 65 66 66 68 INTRODUCTION Southern Arizona is rich in mineral conmodities and has potential...resource potential for the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2 quadrangles in southwestern Arizona, where porphyry copper...Phoenix, Ariz., and 60 km east of Yuma, Ariz. The Ajo 1° by 2° quadrangle is located between latitudes...the Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle leaving within Arizona a triangular part of the northeast corner from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dismembered Porphyry Systems near Wickenburg, Arizona: District-Scale Reconstruction with an Arc-Scale Context...Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 Abstract This...alteration, rock types, and structures to provide a district-scale cross section and associated palinspastic...and Copper Basin (Crown King). Extension at the district scale is placed in an arc-scale context using...had on spatial relationships at the deposit or district scale (e.g., Lowell, 1968; Wilkins and Heidrick
Book (edition)
Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...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...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
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...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
Report (issue)
region.......................................... 12 Arizona ......................................................................... Western United States mining districts ....................... World distribution...(22) *114 *115 Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome, 168 pp., 1903. The mineral...mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska, by W. C. Meudenhall and F. C. Schrader, 71 pp...quadrangle, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome, 168 pp., 1904. The copper deposits of the Encampment district, Wyoming
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and may even sho\v feldspar crystallization. At Ajo (Gilluly, 1946), for examp!e, tiny seams of K-feldspar...n a few areas in the north-central part of the district, pyrite is the most abundant mineral in these...(Vanderwilt and King, 1955, p. 45). At Bagdad, Arizona, molybdenite-quartz-orthoclasepyrite veins cut...paper of 1941 on the tungsten vein8 of Boulder County, Colorado, was a major stimulus to modern study...O in the sericitized zones of the Central City District, Colorado. Parallel zones of sericitization and
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...115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N
Report (issue)
2005). In some districts (for example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered... Utah (Babcock and others, 1995), and Bisbee, Arizona (Bryant and Metz, 1966), polymetallic replacement...Turkey) and(or) molybdenum (for example, Sierrita, Arizona; Continental [Butte], Montana) resources. By-Product...with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of the orebody to...km (Langton and Williams, 1982). At Sierrita, Arizona, from ore exposed at the surface to the base of
Report (issue)
the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, California and Arizona Abstracts from a conference held by the U.S. Geological...appreciation for pioneering geologic studies in Arizona and Thomas W. Dibblee Jr. in appreciation for...conducted in southeastern California and southern Arizona. This work is motivated in part by national mandates...Province in the vicinity of Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona ............................... Robert G. Bohannon...portion of the Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California...................................
 
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