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Copper from
Toughnut Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Comments:Microscopic particles sparsely distributed in cuprite. The irregular grains are grouped near the centers of cuprite crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cuprite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Toughnut Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:312740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:312740:7
GUID (UUID V4):1edf96f5-c4db-472d-ad82-1a00a8eaaada
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.7km (0.4 miles) Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corp Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Modern prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Middlemarch Mine slag locality, Middlemarch Mine, Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Last Chance Mine (1907 Mine), Casey Hill, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
25.5km (15.8 miles) Maid of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Hendricks Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Southwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona Wulfenite KEN BLADH Geology Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 45501 kbladh@wittenberg...localities in Arizona with world-class (best-of-species) specimens of wulfenite. Arizona wulfenite specimens...well-established group of nine “best-of-species” Arizona localities, based on the consensus 10   ROCKS &...MINERALS Figure 1. Wulfenite, Defiance mine, Cochise County. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen, 6 cm wide;...order, the Defiance mine, the Glove mine, the Hilltop mine, the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Tiger), the Old
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
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...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Report (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Azurite, malachite, wul- fenite, vanadinite, and copper would certainly come before any mention of fluorite...But Mindat lists no less than 390 localities for Arizona fluorite, distributed among twelve counties, suggesting
Book
paper) 1. Tombstone (Ariz.)—History. 2. Frontier and pioneer life— ArizonaTombstone. 3. Tombstone (Ariz...establishments)—ArizonaTombstone—History. 5. Silver mines and miningArizonaTombstone—History. 6. Am...Amusements—ArizonaTombstone—History. I. Title. F819.T6M66 2007 979.1'53—dc22 2006037835 Book design and...FOUR 163 Idling Around Town: Entertainment in Tombstone NOTES 179 INDEX 187 List of Illustrations...of the Arizona Historical Society. COVER Toughnut mining map, 1880s, courtesy of the Arizona Historical
Report (issue)
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
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
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)
Book (edition)
/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
Report (issue)
9.10–9.14 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Concordia mine, Cape Province, South Africa; close to buttgenbachite...99.82 99.67 100.00 (1) Grand Central mine, Tintic, Utah, USA; corresponds to Cu36.00 [(SO4 )1.87 (NO3...Cl7.76 (OH)60.28 • 6.26H2 O. (2) Czar mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA; corresponds to Cu36.00 [(SO4 )1.54 (NO3...Cl7.51 (OH)60.89 • 6.66H2 O. (3) Toughnut mine, Tombstone, Arizona, USA; crystal structure analysis yields...uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized portions of copper deposits. Association: Cuprite, spangolite, atacamite
Book (edition)
~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings...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
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
Journal (issue)
[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 ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...deposits, especially those of copper. At relatively shallow depths, copper is concentrated as the native...to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many of the world’s...world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals...impurities. Its position in the oxidation cycle of copper deposits suggests that it can replace a variety
Report (issue)
(NO3 )2.6 Cl6.6 (OH)62.8 • 2.1H O. (3) Tombstone, Arizona, USA; crystal-structure analysis yields Cu 2...(NO3 )1.1 Cl7.9 (OH)63 • 4H2 O. (4) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; crystal-structure analysis yields Cu36.0 (NO3...secondary mineral found in the oxidized portions of copper deposits; the nitrate may be of biological origin...Zaire). At the Botallack mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the USA, in Arizona, from the Mildren and...Mountains, Pima Co., in the Toughnut mine, Tombstone, and at Bisbee, Cochise Co; from about seven km north
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...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(country, state or province, county or state division, district, city or village, mine, specific level). O c...Hill Proprietary mine Block 14 mine Robinson Candobolin (2 mi. NE of) Molong, Gunible mine NMNH N M N H...Mungana, Girofla mine South Mt. Isa district, Boomerang mine Mt. Isa, Mt. Isa mine, Black Rock open cut...Burra, Burra copper mine Flinders Range Spring Creek mine Wirrabarra (2 km NW of), Charlton mine 24 ROCKS...example o f the lat­ ter is the Caribou district, Boulder County, Colorado, which is the source of specimens
Report (issue)
O10 (OH)2 ² 0:98H2 O: (2) Ballarat, California, USA; by XRF, Na by AA, H2 O by TGA; corresponds to (Ca...serpentinites. Association: Celadonite, chlorite, copper, epidote, orthoclase, dolomite, calcite, quartz...Sweden. From C¶ Transvaal, South Africa. In the USA, in the Kearsarge and Ahmeek mines, Keweenaw Peninsula...Inyo Co., California; in the Toughnut mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona. From Thunder Bay, Ontario...for soap, which it resembles. Type Material: Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 44591. References:
Journal (issue)
RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction
Catalog/List
recenUy acquired a huge old collection from an Arizona dealer/collector who was selling out due to age...fine quallty materlal wlth approxlmately 80% from Arizona localilies. This dealer had contacts with numerous...numerous miners at many of the famous mines In Arizona, and compiled this huge hoard betwecn 1960 and 1990...other ncw material from sources othcr than thc Arizona coilection. Due to the tremendous amount of new...COLLECT/ON: RED CLOUD WULFENITE: Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona: The best wulfenite locallty in the
Report (issue)
. " . ,,-,�-- . --,- , , 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
Catalog/List
AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep blue...00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of fine...2X2 inch specimens: $5.00 each CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supposed connellite crystal from the Toughnut mine,Tombstone, Arizona gives a related, but different, pattern...for another buttgenbachite crystal from the Likasi mine reveals a partially occupied nitrate centred at...structure. Introduction THE complex basic hydrated copper(II) chloridesulphate-nitrates connellite (sulphate...comparatively common in the oxidized portions of copper orebodies, even if generally present in small amounts...revealed an intricate three-dimensional network of copper, chloride and hydroxide ions enclosing large channels
Report (issue)
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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