 | | 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...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE URANIUM LUKACHUKAI DEPOSITS MOUNTAINS NORTHEASTERN 2 OF AREA, ARIZONA JOHN A. MASTERS...concentration of ore bodiesoccursin a belt acrossthe Lukachukai Mountains. The ore belt conforms to a facies of..."flood-plain" lithology, (3) commonlyoccur in groups, (4) tend to "build up" against permeability barriers...GENERAL GEOLOGY The Lukachukai Mountains are in the northeast corner of Arizona on the northeastflank...Paleozoic marine sedimentsunderlie the Lukachukai Mountains (15). During Triassic and Jurassictime | | | 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) | | 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...95 6 5 4 3 2 I Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W....0-8165-1579-4 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a |  | | 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...\X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations by | | | Book (edition) | | - 4 . Pn 2 \ - =i: =o = ¥ re = * ai Po “ Ng = 7 | 5 : y _ . = . 2 4 a ®...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GARY KOCUREK 3 Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 (US.A.) 2 US. Geological...Paleozoic erg deposits are widespread from Montana to Arizona and include Pennsylvanian formations (Weber, Tensleep...Sandstones) chiefly in the Northern and Central Rocky Mountains with some deposits (Hermosa and Supai Groups)...(Weber, Tensleep, Casper, Minnelusa, Ingleside, Cedar Mesa, Elephant Canyon, Queantoweap and Esplanade Formations)...the Toroweap-Kaibab sea in Utah and Arizona (Coconino and White Rim Sandstones) and in north-central |  | | Report (issue) | | · as a joint program of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...Wallace Frederick N. Ward Alice D. Weeks Amos M. White Jesse W. Whitlow George A. Williams Irving J. Witkind...Stocking Ernest E. Thurlow Charles W. Tom R. L. White Hiram B. Wood Harry B. Young h~ CONTENTS For...___ _ Pitchblende deposits in the Central City district and adjoining areas, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties...pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard |  | | Report (issue) | | 56 57 57 57 58 59 59 59 59 60 60 61 61 63 64 65 4 CONTENTS. CHAPTER 'III. Sedimentary rocks-Continued...General relations ................... . 73 'Vil~cat Peak .. ~ ........................ . 103 Local features...... . 79 106 Tertiary deposits of the Chuska Mountains. 79 Chilchinbito dikes .........................Pirsson ............................... . 107 Black Mesa ........................... . 81 CHAPTER V .. Structure...Tusayan downwarp .......................... . 84 112 Ash and tuff associated with lavas ....... . Comb monocline |  | | Report (volume) | | areas of sandstone containing at least 10 ppm vanadium. ____________________________________ ___ 71....the estimated geometric-mean concentration of vanadium in late Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstones of the...analyses_ _ _________________________________________ 4. Standard sensitivities for elements determined by...contain more aluminum, iron, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, chromium, and copper than average sandstone of... zirconium, copper, chromium, cobalt, nickel, vanadium, than sandstones of the Salt Wash, and more than |  | | Book | | 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures are a measure...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the.... . . . . . . . . 153 153 157 157 161 Chapter 4: SYNGENETIC DEPOSITS IN IGNEOUS ROCKS Intrusive Rocks...Atornic ·weight u 92 238.07 23 4 U-0.0058% 23 6U-0.71 238 U-99.28 4 g/ ton (igneous rocks) Th 90...as (002) 2+ U = 1.57 (metallic bonding) U 4 = 1.05[6] U 4 = 0.87[8] U 6 = 0.90 Forms two series of compounds |  | | Book (edition) | | to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...and by chemical formula: the physical properties; 4) brief descriptions of varieties or subspecies; 5) |  | | Report (issue) | | 54 b = 9.97 c = 3.03 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Unspecified locality, USA. 4.31 (s), 2.644 (s), 3.38...(1) Bitter Creek mine, Colorado, USA; partial analysis. (2) Matchless mine, Colorado, USA. (3) VO(OH). Occurrence:...to be a primary mineral (Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, USA); in vanadiferous anthraxolite bitumen (Guangxi...Distribution: In the USA, at the Bitter Creek, Jo Dandy, Whitney, and Virgin mines, Uravan district, Montrose Co...and the Matchless mine, Gateway district, Mesa Co., Colorado; in the Juniper mine, near Thompson, Grand |  | | Report (issue) | | the most promising for the mining of uranium ore. In western San Juan County, on the eastern flanks of...of the Carrizo Mountains uplift, carnotite ore has been taken from several prospects in the Salt Wash sandstone...Cretaceous age. Farther south in the Zuni Mountains of Valencia County joint coatings in pre-Cambrian granites...in north-central New Mexico. This region, contains 4 radioactive copper deposits, in sandstones, 3 radioactive...deposits, and a uraniumand thorium-bearing pegmatite district. In central New Mexico only two deposits, one |  | | Report (issue) | | Black. c = 2.916 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bitter Creek mine, Colorado, USA. (ICDD 25-1003). 3.39...(1) Bitter Creek mine, Colorado, USA; partial analysis. (2) Matchless mine, Colorado, USA. Occurrence: In...dehydrogenation of montroseite (Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, USA). Association: Montroseite, corvusite. Distribution:...considered for paramontroseite: in the USA, in the Uravan district, from the Bitter Creek, Jo Dandy, and...Sunday mine, Big Gypsum Valley, San Miguel Co., and the Matchless mine, Gateway district, Mesa Co., Colorado; |  | | Report (volume) | | section_____________________________________________ Lone Tree Mesa section_ _ _ _ __ _ _ ___ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ __...__ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ Skein Mesa section .. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ __ __...__ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ Mesa Gigante section__________________________________________...section_______________________________________________ Los Ochos mine area___________________________________________...clays at the Courthouse Wash and Blue Mesa areas__ III 1 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 9 13 15 16 17 17 17 20 22 |  | | Book | | Typesetting: Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong 32/3145-5 4 3 2 1 0 - Printed on acid-free paper Preface An...added as far as feasable VI Preface in Chapter 4. Particularly one type of deposit characterized by...individual deposits or districts. (in brackets country, district, deposit reviewed): Adamek P. (Scandinavia), Adams...Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Coste A. (Limousin, France), Cuney M. (granites...Grauch R (western USA), Gautier A. (breccia pipe deposits, USA), Halladay Ch.R (eastern USA), Harshman E.N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CROSS-STRATIFICATION PROBLEMS OF URANIUM MOUNTAINS, EXPLORATION, ARIZONA STUDIES TO CHUSKA JAMES D. LOWELL...lower Morrison formation of the ChuskaMountains,Arizona,may be reconstructed throughuseof crossstratif...areanear thenorthern termination oftheChuska Mountains, Arizona(Fig.1). The I77 178 JAMES D. LOI/VELL...mudstonevariesfrom red to dark gray. ß • •. MOUNTAINS '• '•,•.,,• •" •rock , • • ROCK •:•ovE...FIG. 1. Location map of Northern Chuska Mountains area, Arizona. The area coveredby this report is on |  | | Report (issue) | | PART OF THE NEW RIVER MESA QUADRANGLE, CAVE CREEK AREA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Ernest Gomez Open-File... ABSTRACT A small area north of Cave Creek, Arizona, contains key stratigraphic and structural information...development of the mountain and desert regions of Arizona. The area contains elements of the two physiographic...of possible middle Oligocene age (225 m thick), (4) interbedded sediments and volcanics of Oligocene...deposition of olivine basalt flows of the New River Mesa formation, which cap the high mesas and correlate |  | | Report (volume) | | Lemitar Mountains______________________ Chupadera Mesa to Tularosa___-_______-_---_-__-___---_------General... CONTENTS Local geology Continued. Chupadera Mesa to Tularoaa Continued. Formations_--_-____--__-...Sandia-Manzano uplift from Rosario to Los Pinos Mountains _____ General relations.._______________________...94 94 95 95 95 95 96 97 97 98 98 98 98 Sandia Mountains and ridges to the east..__-_____.._____ 98 Placitas-Tejon..._-___-___-._ Manzano Mountains.._._____..__.____.-__--___-_--.__ Los Pinos Mountains................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Gypsum Valley ......................... . 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 9 10 12 12 17 20 20· 22 25 27...block diagram of Paradox Valley anticline, Montrose County, Colo................................................... · 8 iii CONTENTS IV Page FIGURE 3. 4. Photograph showing exposure of the Cutler Formation........ . 7. Canyon of the Dolores River south of Mesa Creek. ...........................................Uncompahgre highland, an element of the ancestral Rocky Mountains. An unconformity separates the Moenkopi Formation |  | | Book | | Proc ucicn with an example from Taos, New Mexico, USA James M. Barker Tue FLanks oF THE RiFt - Second-day...there? The fleeting (and fleecing?) Glen-Woody mining venture . Paul W. Bauer An overview of the current...Commercial muscovite from the U.S. Hill mine, Picuris Mountains, Taos County, New Mexico James 79 Austin 90...characteristics of the northern Embudo fault, Taos County, New Mexico Seekers ieuus K.1. Kelson, PW. Bauer...Wallace Proterozoic rocks of the Pilar cli Picuris Mountains, New M PW. Bauer Unconformable and cross-cutting |  | | Report (volume) | | _________-__-__'_--______-___:_____.____ Uintah County, 1913___-__. . 42 48 Eastern Utah, 1914.. ....._ _. 58 59 Tooele County, 19221 __ . ___ -_. ___ . . Page 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 19 22...____-___ Powell Survey, 1871-78 (in part) Tintic mining region,1896____-__------------------------_----...quadrangle, 1913________________ Triangulation in Uintah County, 1913___________________ Triangulation in eastern...1915.____________________ Triangulation in Tooele County, 1922_____________--____._ Triangulation in Salt |  | | Book (edition) | | of America LOMO S8 7 6 =. -)—COC~CS _ , 4 ee Mae) eee cae "ee 3 eee Pf. Contents Preface...The Controlling Influence of an Ancient Structure Mesa Verde National Park 91 Geologic Features 95 Geologic...Geologic History 96 The Natural World of the Mesa Verde Anasazi ¢ How the Alcoves Formed Petrified Forest...Erosional Features of the Badlands ¢ Why the Water Is “White” ¢ Concretions and Geodes 12. Great Sand Dunes...Features ¢ Sediments in the Cavern 17. Guadalupe Mountains National Park by Ann F. Budd and Katherine A |
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