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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Comments:In New Cornelia Quartz Monzonite West of Gibson Arroyo fault.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203335:8
GUID (UUID V4):e460a95a-897f-4a98-9938-0647a07f41e3
Localities for Topaz in this Region
Gibson Arroyo area, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geosciences University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 † Corresponding...within the Laramide arc in Arizona, as well as at the Yerington district in Nevada. This work describes...(Kelvin-Riverside district), E- Sycamore Canyon, the New Cornelia mine (Ajo district), and two systems...systems in the Yerington district. Muscovite is the dominant mica in these coarse muscovite veins and associated...expressions of hydrothermal alteration vary from district to district in intensity, geometry, and mineral assemblage
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 .
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)
Kalamazooportionof the San Manuel-Kalamazoo district,Pinal County,Arizona, has presentedan unparalleledopportunityfor...drilling(Lowell,1968) of the Kalamazoo portionof the district and in exploitationof the San Manuel portion....centerof the orebodyis 1968), located in Pinal County, Arizona, is here poorlymetallized, so that ore actuallyformsa...quartzpyrophyllite, withtracesof dickireor kaolinire, topaz, montmorillonite,quartz-kaolin, or quartz-sericite...Pennsylvanian tn tennantite trem tremolite tt topaz Pal Paleozoic pC Precambrian V vanadiumminerals
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
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
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)
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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Py = pyrite, Qz = quartz, sl -- sphalerite,Tz = topaz aThe argillickaolinitczoneprobablyis supergene...quartzacteristic;rimsof secondaryorthoclasealsooccuras topaz zone and later by Panteleyev(1981) as the overgrowths...secondarybiotite or chloritewhere of fluoriteand topaz (Stewart,1967). Sulfidesare the latter replaceprimary...biotite similar to that found in the orthoclase topaz, and fluorite; texturallyboth zonesare similar....beenreportedat the Christmas porphyry deposit,Arizona,by KoskiandCook,1982). Owing •08 D. I{.HEBERLEIN
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)
ousielefeis iartetin steremiensis eretetererci terete ARIZONA OGG ico aie elailav'01.8) V1028 08 '6@..6)bcelevels...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...(COLORADO-UTAH-NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA) ... 323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope...DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona .......vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE DEAL
Book (volume)
to g ra p h: The Bingham Canyon open pit, Utah, USA, 1998. Photographs by T M Porter. Ross Lang Andrew...University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...Porphyry Copper Deposits o f the American Cordillera, Arizona Geol Soc., Digest 20, Tucson, pp 128-155. For references
Book
Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Progress at the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona Magmatic-Hydrothermal-Structural Evolution of the...± Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos,...Tenke-Fungurume SedimentHosted Strata-Bound Copper-Cobalt District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Dzhezkazgan
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...I! Published by : : The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrophillite, dickite, diaspore, dumortierite, topaz, zunite, etc. - are present. The most conspicuous...syenite. The porphyritic copper ores of the Ajo district, Arizona (Gilluly, 1946) evolved as a result of autometasomatism...frequently associated with sericitization in the mining districts of the western United States; rock which...andalusite, pyrophyllite, diaspore, zunite and topaz. Loginov was able to demonstrate, on the basis of...cross-section, that the chalcedony ore in the Kaban district of the Urals developed at the same time as the
Report (volume)
Washington. A. I. M. E. Trans.-American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Transactions. New York...Institute of Mining , and Metallurgy Transactions. Montreal. · Canadian Min. Met. Bull.-Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Bulletin. Montreal. Canadian Min. J our.-Canadian Mining Journal. Gardenvale, Quebec. Carnegie Inst. Washington...Journal. Montreal. Eng. Min. J our.-Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Evolution-Evolution. Lancaster...Bull.; County Rpt.-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bulletin; County Report
Book (edition)
Isotope Ratios 213 Application of Geothermometry in Mining Districts 8 THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORE DEPOSITS...260 Petaca District, New Mexico 266 11 IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS 272 Central District, New Mexico...Mexico 276 Iron Springs District, Utah 283 12 HYPOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 293 Morro Velho, Brazil 297 Broken...DEPOSITS 317 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 319 Magma Mine, Arizona 325 Chuquicamata, Chile 333 14 EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS...346 Almaden, Spain 349 Pachuca-Real del Monte District, Mexico 15 TELETHERMAL DEPOSITS 354 362 Colorado
Book (edition)
PAGE Extraction of Metals and Minerals 398 Mining, 398; Milling, 1+10; Smelting, 1+11+; Refining...and as such was taught as one phase of mining in the early mining schools. As greater attention was paid...tive industries. The early kinship with mining, and metal mining in particular, with which economic geology...specialized subdivision of economic geology known as mining geology which deals especially with the problems...problems of ore deposits and their relation to metal mining and, to some extent, with metallurgy. This relation
Report (volume)
of Science A. I. M. E____ American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk---. Aardrijkskundig...cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Devonian development diagram Direcci6n Dissertation district distribution division Doctoral, Document Doctoral...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining min. res_ _ _ _ _ mineral resources Mineralog_____...American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions 134, 136-139; Mining and Metallurgy
Book
and Sherman P. Marsh 775 Electrical Methods in Mining Geophysics.Gerald W. Hohmann and Stanley H. Ward...making a profit. Initially incorporated in the District of Columbia, the Publishing Company was reincorporated...With the engineering and commercial aspects of mining, Economic Geology will not be directly concerned... . The main period of ore deposition within a district seems to represent a relatively short time span...the broad economic sense, although in a few cases mining development probably is quite a way down the road
Catalog/List
statehood incudes several chapters on mining from early placer mining of the 1860’s to the quartz mills and...present; a survey of its industries”. Includes much on mining with chapters on Leadville, the San Juans, and...produced work. $40.00 5. Bailey, L.R. SUPPLYING THE MINING WORLD Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1996. 11 ¼” X...133 with many b&w illus; cloth w/dj. Fine. “The mining equipment manufacturers of San Francisco, 1850-1900”...illustrated. Scarce. $50.00 7. Bakewell, P.J. SILVER MINING AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL MEXICO – Zacatecas 1546-1700
 
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