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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.
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ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES
MINERALS OF ARIZONA
By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH
Second...(Revised)
ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL
BULLETIN NO. 153
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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 |  | | 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
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W. Anthony
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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.
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Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County,
Arizona...Tucson
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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
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Arizona Under Spanish Rule
Arizona as a | | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA W:ilftnite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Ariv;na...ect:on;collectedby Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION John W. Anthony Sidney A. Williams...University of Arizona Press/ Tucson The University f _-\rizonaPress Copyright 197, 198:, 1995 Arizona Board...Cataloging-in-Publication Data !\1ineralogyof Arizona/ John W Anthony ... [et al] ; Wendell E. Wilson...ISBN 0-8165-1555, (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony,John W. (John Williams), 1920-. ~375 |  | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | | Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee
County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County,
Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974,
Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American
Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County,
Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from
Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | while quartz, Mg-montmorillonite,
chrysotile, anthophyllite, kaolinite, illite, muscovite, hematite, siderite...tmmolite, actinolite, chtysotile, minnesotaite, anthophyllite and quartz intersect the temperature axis near...OHMOTO H. (1977) Sunnyside Mine,
Eureka Mining District. San Juan County, Colorado: Geochemistry ofgold |  | | Book (volume) | | ;SACTLO~S VOLUME 134, MILLI G METHODS 141, METAL MINING ( 1939) (1937--40) BLAST Fl."ll.'\ACE, COKE...;SACTIO:SSVOLUME ( 1944) 178, MINI1'G GEOLOGY (1948) 181, MINING, EDUCATIO::-., GEOPHYSICS ( 1949) AIME TRA.."'-SACTIO:SS...Volume I Published by The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, NEW YORK 1968 Reprinted 1970...derive a uniform theory of ore genesis from the district papers in this Volume will be disappointed. He...the 11 geographical regions to which the various district papers are assigned are shO\\ n in the Frontispiece |  | | Report (issue) | | 50.
II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S... Geology of the Comstocls Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 1882.
4°. xv...of 21 sheets folio. Price $11.00.
IV. Conistock Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. 1883. 4°. xiv, 451 pp...54 pi. Price $1.05.
VII. SilTer-Lead Deposits of Eureka, Nevada, by Joseph Story Curtia. 1884. 4°. xiii...pi. Price $1.20.
VIII. Paleontology of the Eureka District, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1884. 4°. xiii |  | | Book | | 1336 04624 6683
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PREFACE... PREFACE
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Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi, 1949-, Almqvist...50,
Heidelberg, GFR.
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Proceedings, 1898-, Clunis Ross |  | Finch, John Wellington, Bateman, Alan M., Butler, B. S., Loughlin, G. F., McLaughlin, D. H., Singewald, J. T. Jr. - Eds. (1933) Ore Deposits of the Western States. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York. | Book | | uccessor in interest,
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grant from...attended his efforts- not the spectacular success of a mining executive, but the more lasting success in the...spontaneous movement arose among geologists and mining
engineers to express in some appropriate fashion...Board of Directors
of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers elected
him to H onorary...that would touch wider circles, was desirable. The Mining
Geology Committee of the A.I.M.E. undertook to |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern
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area: 5—50 km 2 ;
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particular lithological structural unit...between a region and a district is necessarily somewhat
arbitrary. In general a district should be regarded...mineralization will
usually guide the selection of a district, and the choice may be dictated by
the type of |  | | Report (issue) | | viii-ix.
The physical geology of the Grand Canon district, by Clarence E. Button, pp.
47-166, pis. x-xxxvi...Abstract of report on geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County,
Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp...of'the geology of the Comstock lode and the Wash oe district, by
George F. Becker, pp. 291-330, pis. xlvi-xlvii...xviii-xxiii.
Abstract of report on'geology of the Eureka district, Nevada, by Arnold Hague,
pp. 237-290, pis...ii-xxx.
Abstract of a report on the mining geology of the Eureka district, Nevada, by
Joseph Story Curtis |  | | Report (issue) | | financially in part by, the numerous Federal, State, County and City agencies
listed on pages A133 to A136..._____
District and regional studies._________________
Iron deposits in the Birmingham district,
Alab...metals and industrial minerals ______________
District studies.____________________________
Beryllium...Montana.___________
Potash deposits in the Carlsbad district,
New Mexico _________________________
Saline minerals...Radioactive materials_____-____---_-_----------District and regional studies_______---_--_-__
Colorado |  | | Report (issue) | | Natural
Am. Naturalist- American Naturalist. Arizona State University. Tempe, Ariz.
Am. Petroleum lost...Washington, D. C.
Arizona Acad. Sci. Jour. - Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. Arizona State
University...Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona Bur. Mines Bull.- Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin. Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona Land Dept...Phoenix, Ariz.
Arkansas Acad. Sci. Proc. Ark.
Arizona State Land Department Water
Arkansas Academy of... Ontario. Canada.
Canadian Mining and Metall. Bull.- The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin. |  | | Report (issue) | | Akita Univ. Mining Colt Jour. Akita, Japan.
Alabama Acad. Sci. Jour. Ala.
Journal of the Mining College...GEOLOGY, 1968
Arizona Acad. Sci. Jour.- Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. Arizona State
University...Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona Bur. Mines BuH.- Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin. Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona Highways-...Highways- Arizona Highways. Arizona Highway Department. Phoenix, Ariz.
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