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Molybdenite from
Isle Royal Mine, Isle Royal Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Isle Royal Mine, Isle Royal Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:536686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:536686:6
GUID (UUID V4):66a4139d-fb9a-4476-aee9-a881d974b735
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Leader Mine, Leader Hill, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Copper World Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Eclipse Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Exile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Broad Top Mine, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Elgin Mine, Elgin Mine group, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Peach Mine, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) East Helvetia deposit (Helvetia East Mine; Helvetia Mine; Rosemont deposit), Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Tiptop Mine, Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Copper Deposits of Part of Helvetia Mining * District, Pima County Arizona By S. C. CREASEY and GEORGE...Description and maps of four mines typical of the district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON....._._........»......._.__...^.'......_.___.__ Rosemont lease__-_________---._____.-_-__-_._._____-_.____...adjacent to the Rosemont lease and Leader, Copper World, and Narragansett mines, Pima County, Ariz. 29. Generalized...Generalized geologic and underground map of the Rosemont lease. 30. Generalized geologic map of the area
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS ARIZONA BY FRANK C. SCHRADER WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY JAMES...17 Climate and vegetation. 18 _._ History of mining and present conditions___________________ 20 ...____________ Mining districts, camps, and properties. Helvetia district_ . General features. __ Helvetia camp__..._______________ _____ Ore deposits _ . Copper World mine ____ _____ _____ Location and topography _ _ History..._____ Black Horse mine _ Leader mine_ '. Isle Royal mine Heavy Weight mine Old Dick mine _______________
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
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)
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
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)
Report (issue)
OF THE TUCSON AND NOGALES 1° by 2° QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA Edited by Jocelyn A. Peterson Open-File Report...Gray-scale contour maps of element distribution in Arizona, scale 1:3,500,000: 19. Uranium ........................................ 63 22. Location map of mining districts .......................................Principal deposit types and cumulative production in mining districts.............. 13. List of mines with...and Nogales 1 by 2 quadrangles in south-central Arizona have made important economic contributions to a
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary mineral formed by the alteration of molybdenite. Over the past twenty-one years, however, unusually...deposits, often as a pseudomorphous replacement of molybdenite. Such occurrences include several in Uzbekistan...districts, Nevada, and the Pine Creek mine of the Bishop district, Inyo County, California. Additional occurrences...counties, Utah; Pima, Mohave, and Cochise counties, Arizona; Kern County, California; Sierra County, New Mexico;...Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado; the Seven Devils district, Idaho; the Ropes gold mine near Ishpeming
Report (issue)
Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas By BRENDA HOUSER With a paper on the GREATERVILLE PLACER...PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological Society...AZ 8 571 7 Historic Mining Camps and Jurassic Calderas, Southeastern Arizona! By BRENDA HOUSER With...GREATERVILLE PLACER DISTRICT By LESLIE Cox ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIP, 1992 Arizona Geological...Cemetery ................... 12 Mowry Town Site and Mine ........................ 14 Mowry Sme ter l Site
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rich and easily mined as anticipated, the area ARIZONA—The following letter was should supply sufficient...one country independent of foreign—mainly from Arizona. We believe it to be very Brazilian—sources. Cerium...an in a recent letter he writes: "Bastnaand old mine tunnel located west of Tucson. There were also calcite...much of the barite with cal- tain Pass, Calif. The mine is about 3 miles cite and galena." David P. Record...leads to the mine. The mine consists of one shaft. Some bastnasite has Tucson, Arizona. been taken out
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Associate...back issues, reprints) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Editing, advertising Wendell...second class postage (USPS-887-700) Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among
Book
GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Book (edition)
specimens and field localities. Price $2.00. ARIZONA GEM TRAILS — By Ransom. New guide book, for gem...mineral collectors. Describes many localities in Arizona, including new and little know^n regions, where...who has been there. Includes data on uranium in Arizona. Tours and localities described in detail. Price...Cycad .-' _ :. Oelrichs Agate Beds Rose Quartz Mine Northern Hill Gems 24 8 Jasper 25 Golden Barite...book If you are one of that fastest growing hobby group, known commonly as' "rockhounds," I will mention
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amianthus, blue 100 _amianthus, Cape 100. amphibole group 98 analcite 76, 108, 111 anatase 34, 34 andalusite...coquimbite 60 cordierite 95 galena 12, 13 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite 50 gehlenite 85 gismondine...eye 31 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group 108 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, /13 millerite... mizzonite 114 polyhalite 62 powellite 63 molybdenite /6, 17 proustite 17, /7 mimetite 68, 68 molybdates
amianthus, blue 100 -amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 annabergite 73 arduinite 119, /2/ argentite...dialogite 42, 42 diamond 5, 6 galena 12, /3 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite SO gehlenite 85 gismondine...97, 98 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group 108 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, //3 millerite...mimetite 68, 68 mizzonite 114 molybdates 55, 63 molybdenite /6, 17 monazite 65 monheimite 41 mordenite 119
Report (issue)
" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State
Book (edition)
thi^ facts in crys- Mr is E. as to miiu'S and mining industry referred to the Text-book of Mineralogv...Zeolites Section 'riioiusonit(\ b. 1 2h\S Group 1 i singcrite Chlorite Gi\>uj> . 397 310 312...Localities of Minerals 883 2. Brief Notice of Foreign Mining Begions 875 IV. DETERMINATION OF MINERAI^S....lerals ^ iaUb.dtlon of if) L'he))i\r(d Proptriles of Mine nth ; (4) J lescrqjtions of Sj/6; cles j (o) JJeientiUiutloii...that the gonal that are nearly cubic. same natural group of minerals may include both trimetrio and monoclinic
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arnianthus, blue 100 ...amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 analcite 76, 108, I 11 anatase 34, 34 andalusite...fassaite 97, 98 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group I08 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...85 gahnite 24 galaxite 24 galena 12, 13 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite 50 gehlenite 85 gismondine...mesotype 119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, 113 miJlerite...mimetite 68, 68 mizzonite 114 molybdates 55. 63 molybdenite 16, 17 monazite 65 monheimite 41 mordenite 119
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...registered in this book (e.g. in the amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System
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odase Group Onboclase ______________________ Miaodine ____________________ _ Plagioclase Group Albite...---------------------Milky Quartz -------------------Molybdenite --------------------- 54 43 I~1:~~~~t~~~~=~~~~~~~=i\::~...Sedimentary Rocks The second main group of rocks is the sedimentary group. These are formed in two ways,...huge, single crystals, 50 feet or more in length Group of quartz crystals and weighing several tons. The...though the particles are arran~ed in one way. Each group of similar faces is called a "form." He~e arc the
Book (edition)
Oxides The Halides The Carbonates Calcite Group Aragonite Group The Nitrates The Borates The Sulphates The...Cobaltite, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Polybasite 14 Stephanite, Pyrargyrite, Tetrahedrite... and go easy on the ore piles you may find at a mine or quarry. Even a few pounds of some minerals, like...consider specializing in some field: one mineral, one group, one locality, a crystal system, or the like. You...has cooled too quickly for any atoms or ions to group into the regular arrangements of the minerals. Obsidian
Report (issue)
scientific reports associated with the exploration, mining, and settlement of the western territories. The...have the same generic word often are treated as a group in text with the generic word in plural form: Calumet...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity
Book (volume)
Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...series. VOLUME. I: Northwest States VOLUME2: Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico...VOLUME4: Northeast States Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts
Journal (volume)
raya it never receives the of the ann. — — Mining and Scientific Press. Mineral and Other Resources...the Press by Jambs H. CaosBMAN.J Providence Mining District, SUaated on Providence MoDDtain, haa been subdivided...respectively as the Trojan, the Gold Bait and the Arrow Mining Districts. Providence Mountain haa been previously...South is develsylvania. The General Custer is a gold mine developed oping in an industrial way very rapidly...The Gold Belt Mining District, the collection of information regarding the foron is district, Providence
 
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