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Limonite 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:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite 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:716458
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716458:3
GUID (UUID V4):0c8a40d2-d63a-465b-9ff8-133f567276d8
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
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
10.1km (6.3 miles) San Xavier Mine (San Xavier Mine shaft), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) Jackson Mine, Jackson Mine group (McCleary group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) McLeary prospects, Stone Cabin Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Molybdenite prospects (McCleary prospects), White House, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) McCleary prospects (McCleary Molybdenum; Molybdenite Mine; Sun Lode Molybdenum Mine; Morales Mine; Molybdenum prospects), Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Aguinaldo Mine group (Black Beauty Mine), Stevens Mountain, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) Lucky Ledge Mine, Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Leader Mine, Leader Hill, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Report (issue)
OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita Mountains...nearly meridional mountain ranges of southern Arizona. They separate the Santa Cruz Valley on the east...Santa Rita Mountains to the east or the Baboquivari Range to the west, the Sierrita Mountains are of minor...scenically unimpressive. On the west side of the Sierrita Mountains, mainly in a rather definite belt of foothills...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what
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
Report (volume)
Some Geologic Features of the Pima Mining District Pima County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ... Some Geologic Features of the Pima Mining District Pima County, Arizona By JOHN R. COOPER CONTRIBUTIONS...geologic map of the eastern part of the Pima mining district, Pima County, Ariz___ ________________________...Index map of southeastern Arizona showing the location of the Pima mining district____-_-_-----_--------_______65...SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA By JOHN R. COOPER ABSTRACT Bocks
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
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
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
Report (volume)
of Alluvium-Covered Copper Deposits in * Pima County, Arizona i By LYMAN C. HUFF mth a section on ANALYTICAL...Block diagram showing the setting of the Pima mining district and vicinity-__--_--_-------__ _____________________..._____________________ 2-6. Photographs: 2. Pima open pit mine, showing the 200-foot-thick overburden of alluvium..._ 4. Alluvium in modern wash on Sierrita pediment.____ 5. Small hill of mineralized rock selected for...leaves and twigs of mesquite collected near the Pima Mining Co. tailings pond_____________________________
Report (issue)
PRELIMINARY MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE TUCSON AND NOGALES 1° by 2° QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA Edited by................................................ Mineral resources, by Gail M. Jones................................................................... Mineral resource potential......................................................... 10. Magnetic heavy-mineral concentrate, RASS data base.................................. 11. Nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrate, RASS data base.......................... 12.
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)
Arij£oua iulltUu ARIZONA, BUREAU OF MINES ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART I ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES... PUBLISHED BY linhttrsitg of Ari!ona TUCSON, ARIZONA April, 1950 Vol. XXI, No.2 ){ninf,faiil1 of.... _______ ._. ______________ . __ Governor of Arizona MARION L.BROOKS, B.S., M.A_ (ex officio) ____ State...____________Vice-President of the University, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Committee: R. L. NUGENT, Chairman; P. S....PIllLLIPS; D. S.POWELL; M. VORIS; M. P. VOSSKUHLER. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES' STAFF T. G. CHAPMAN, Director
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)
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
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)
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
Report (issue)
The Arizona Geological Society and the University of Arizona 1981 Symposium on "RELATIONS OF TECTONICS...ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA" AGS/UA Mine Tour and Field Trip data for TRIP #10 "Silver Bell...Wilkins (GMRC) ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY STATION TUCSON, ARIZONA 85719 TO: ...Bell Deposits As field trip chairman for the Arizona Geological Society, I would like to take this opportunity...structure-tectonic settings and mineral deposits scattered throughout Arizona and adjoining southwestern New
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Xavier district, locatedabout twenty miles south of Tucson,Arizona; (2) the Twin Buttes district, about...six miles farther south in the same range of mountains;and (3) the Pontatocmine,a smallisolateddepositon...smallisolateddepositon the southslopeof the Catalina mountains about ten miles north of Tucson. Accordingto Chas. F. Park...character,having beenmineralized. In the Twin Buttes district the rocks consist of limestone marbleized...have x Park, Chas. F.: Geology of the San Xavier District. Manuscript, Univ. of Ariz. Library, x929. 2
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............................................
Report (volume)
______________________________ ----__ E1 1 3 4 6 Arizona------------------------------------------------------...--------------------------- Rowley or Reliance mine, by J. A. ~acKallor_____________ PimaCountY----...Years Eve mine.and Esperanza Claims______________ Pima and Santa Cruz Counties ___ -------------------------Sun...claims_______________________________________ Pinal County _________________________ ------- ______ -----__...-----__ Santa Cruz CountY---------------------------------------Santo Ni:iio mine, by D. H. Kupfer__
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 ..........................
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL...OF LEVELS OF MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND CERTAINTY OF ASSESSMENT Definitions of Mineral Resource Potential...Potential LOW mineral resource potential is assigned to areas where geologic, geochemical, and geophysical...indications of having been mineralized. MODERATE mineral resource potential is assigned to areas where geologic...accumulation, and (or) where an application of mineral-deposit models indicates favorable ground for the
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have
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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