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Obsidian from
Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Type:Obsidian
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Apache Tears25 photos of Obsidian associated with Apache Tears at this locality.
Perlite1 photo of Obsidian associated with Perlite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Obsidian data
Locality Data:Click here to view Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:360976
Long-form Identifier:1:3:360976:7
GUID (UUID V4):61abfc24-4964-4972-acbf-e1a45e89efef
Localities for Obsidian in this Region
Apache Tears locality, Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Chicago pit (Great Lakes Carbon Co. Mine; Filter International Chicago pit; Nord Sil-Flo pit; Old Ciff pit), Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Superior Obsidian locality (Superior Obsidian group; Boyer claims), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Obsidian
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘSuperior Obsidian locality (Superior Obsidian group; Boyer claims), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘChicago pit (Great Lakes Carbon Co. Mine; Filter International Chicago pit; Nord Sil-Flo pit; Old Ciff pit), Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘApache Tears locality, Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
TO SCOTT WILLIAMS MINERAL 457 ‱ SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 COMPANY 85252 SOUTHWEST...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of 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 best...showing some of the Arizona gemstone localities, prepared by William Besse. Arizona Gemstones Wolfgang
Report (issue)
Mineral Occurrences in the National Forests of Arizona Compiled by Brenda B. Houser1 Open File Report...MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ARIZONA This map shows the locations of quarries, mines...within the boundaries of the National Forests in Arizona. The map was prepared as part of a mineral resource...tabulation of industrial mineral occurrences in Arizona and from Bates (1969). Geologic contacts are from...Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Arizona Geological Survey (Greta Orris, USGS, oral commun
Book (edition)
mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;;...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA OBSIDIAN NOTES R. A. R Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 02:30 07 August 2017 Box 44... Morn town, Arizona Obsidian, quit rare in the Eastern, and south, from Águila, Arizona (Maricopa Middle...the Vulture Mine. . . obBaja Calif., Old Mex. Obsidian is a na- sidians are found, scattered over the...minerals. be reached from Wickenburg, Arizona, With time, obsidian tends to crystallize by way of Gravel...perlite. The American Indian prized this material (obsidian) highly. . . the Aztec, for cutting. These will
Catalog/List
Southwest Scientific Company P. 0. Box 796 - Sedona, Arizona 86336 Telephone (602) 282-7541 SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC...radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals...resembles lapis AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1986 Symposium...Mountains. Central Arizona March 18-19, 1986 Leader: M. Sheridan (A.S.U.) ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...SOCIETY TUCSON, ARIZONA Cover preparation by Beverly Morgan, modified from J. Mehulka and P. Mirocha, AGS...Volume XVI ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 To: ...Field Trip Participants Welcome to Arizona and the 1986 Arizona Geological Society Symposium "Frontiers
Report (issue)
Klondyke Quadrangle Graham and Final Counties Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 461 Geology...Klondyke Quadrangle Graham and Final Counties Arizona By FRANK S. SIMONS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Final Counties, Arizona. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi,...Geology Arizona Graham Co. 2. Geology Arizona Pinal Co. 3. Mines and mineral resources Arizona Graham...mineral resources Pinal Co. J. Title: Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona. (Series) For
Book (volume)
Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...an example, under the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County, the site x How to Use This
Book (volume)
...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..........................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ..............................................................22 Arizona County Map ......................................
gabbro (p. 252) andesite (p. 260) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour Light Grain...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima...of copper would likely be from around the Lake Superior area. | Appearance Colour: Copper-red to brown...Lake, Labrador, Newfoundland; Cap d’Or, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Other Localities: Keweenaw Peninsula...Michigan, USA; Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA; Ray, Pinal County, Arizona
Catalog/List
_ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD ‱ SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls...xls and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses
Journal (issue)
ceremonials, Tucson, Arizona. March 22-26—Sierra club camp at Phantom ranch, Grand Canyon, Arizona. March 26—Easter...sponsored by Arizona SnoBowl, Flagstaff, Arizona. April 1-3—Rawhide Roundup, Mesa, Arizona. April 2-3—Twelfth...2-3—Twelfth annual Pinal county 4-H fair, Coolidge, Arizona. April 3—Lecture: Joseph Muench, "Photographing...championship rodeo, state fairgrounds, Phoenix, Arizona. April 10-11—Sierra club, weekend trip to Desert...15-18—Arizona state open tennis tournament, Tucson, Arizona. April 16-17—Third annual Yuma county junior
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether...north the lavas of the lie the granite Lake Superior region, less At meet the rocks of and to...Green River country in Utah or California and Arizona, Neither regions is it is desert, of southern...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico
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...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
Report (volume)
Tertiary stratigraphy in the RaySan Manuel area, Arizona, by Medora H. Krieger, Henry R. Cornwall, and Norman...Pony Trail Group in the Cortez Mountains, Eureka County, Nev., by J. Fred Smith, Jr ________________________...Leap Tuff _____ Miocene _________ South-central Arizona _ Appekunny Argillite (of Precambrian Y ____ Northwestern...Formation _____ late Miocene Location Southeastern Arizona - Big Pole Formation (of Late(?) Jurassic __ North-central...Sandy Formation __ late(?) Pliocene West-central Arizona __ Bishop Cap Member (of Middle Pennsylvanian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...xline—crystalline ARIZONA—"In the northern part of the Superstition Mountains, in Pinal Co., Ariz., the...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...a handsome one. It is a cellular mass of black obsidian with a beautiful blue-green iridescence. ILLINOIS—"We...Clinton, Sterling, Lancaster area of Worcester County, Mass. It is probably float material. We haven't
Journal (issue)
2018 10 TUCSON’S 2020 VISION The University of Arizona collection forms the basis of a new museum. 10...Keokuk geodes? By Jordan D. MarchĂ© II OBSESSED WITH OBSIDIAN 36 Knappers love this mineraloid with an edge...Guerro, Mexico. (Jeff Scovil photo/ University of Arizona collection) Rock & Gem 5 Field notes READER...Schauss The new Alfie Norville University of Arizona Museum, with a total of 77,000 square feet, will...downtown Tucson that would feature the University of Arizona (UA) collection of gems, minerals, fossils and
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches of the Middle West, the broad...microscope. A few gem materials notably opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether...igneous rocks do not quite fit these categories. Obsidian, an extrusive rock, is a glass of much the same...same chemical composition as rhyolite. Pumice is obsidian in a powdery state. Much of the so-called wonderstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
f whom now occupy reservations in east central Arizona, are an Athapascan-speaking group that arrived...their ar­ rival, they ranged widely over most o f Arizona, N e w Mexico, and northern Sonora. Being newcomers...of a field study in the wilderness area between Superior ( A r i ­ zona) and the G i l a River, friendly...central Arizona, and even more plentiful at the outcrops of the Chinle formation in northern Arizona. Some...petrified wood are well known to modern Apaches. Obsidian arrowheads were highly prized by the Apache people
Journal (issue)
knew that the road crossed the epicenter of Lake County diamond country. The specimen I found was a xenolith...brightness reminded me of the high-priced Lake County diamonds set in jewelry online. These stones shine...Wavy structure reveals varied colors in rainbow obsidian. MAY 2019 19 20 ROCKNGEM.COM GEMS The specimens... killed the chieftain and the moon hurled Lake County “diamonds” at the sun in anguish, some of them...specimen. Then I saw a monolithic hunk of black obsidian among the rustic furniture. This impressed me
Book (volume)
Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Harold Van Pelt & GEOSCIENCE PRESS, INC. Tucson, Arizona © 1997 by John Sinkankas Library of Congress...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
Book
260} Dark gabbro (p. 252) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour Grain size...nugget recorded is fro1n Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Ron1ania; Rorai...of copper would likely be tion1 around the Lake Superior area. Appearance --------Co Iour: Copper-red... Labrador, Newfoundland; Cap d'Or, Curnberland County, Nova Scotia. Other Localities: Keweenaw Peninsula...Michigan, USA; Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Ajo, Pu.11a County, Arizona, USA; Ray, Pinal County, Arizona
Report (volume)
Wilderness and Contiguous Further Planning Areas, Arizona By S. C. CREASEY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, and by]...Galiuro Wilderness and Further Planning Areas, Arizona Geological Survey Bulletin 1490. Studies related...Bibliography: p. 93-94 1. Mines and mineral resources Arizona. I. Creasey, S. C. (Saville Cyrus), 1917. II. Series...contiguous Further Planning Areas, southeastern Arizona, that may come under discussion when the area is...______________--____________________________________ 16 Rhyolite-obsidian unit ____________________________________________20
 
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