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Tombstone District

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 USA / Arizona / Cochise Co. / Tombstone District

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Ca. 20 Meilen NW von Bisbee

Geology

Das Gebiet ist ein Ag-Au-Pb-Cu-Zn-Mn-Mo-V- Glimmer und Lehm (As-Cd-Sb-Te) Minen-Gebiet. Ursprünglich ist es bekannt für seinen Silber-Reichtum.

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Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, US
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Mineral images (31 Images total)

Wulfenit
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Wulfenit
Wulfenit BB 12,2 mm mm USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Empire Mine
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: anatase2
Collection: anatase2, Collection number: 389
Location: USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Empire Mine
Mineral: Wulfenite
Image: 1643298032
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Wulfenit (SNr: 389)

Wulfenit BB 12,2 mm mm USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Empire Mine
Collection: anatase2
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: anatase2 2022-01-27
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Queitit
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Queitit
FO: Tombstone Revier in Arizona, weißer, filziger Belag; BB = 6 mm
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A000071, Donator: Klaus Fleck
Location: USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Lucky Cuss Mine
Mineral: Queitite
Image: 1344004225
Rating: 1 (votes: 1)
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Queitit (SNr: A000071)

FO: Tombstone Revier in Arizona, weißer, filziger Belag; BB = 6 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2012-08-03
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Wulfenit
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Wulfenit
Bildbreite: 8 mm; Fundort: Empire Mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Dominik Schläfli; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Empire Mine
Mineral: Wulfenite
Image: 1239561202
Rating: 8 (votes: 1)
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Wulfenit

Bildbreite: 8 mm; Fundort: Empire Mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Dominik Schläfli
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-04-12
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Wulfenit, Fluorit
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Wulfenit, Fluorit
Größe: 33x29x19 mm; Fundort: Silver Thread Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Bob Griffis Minerals; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Silver Thread Mine
Mineral: Fluorite, Wulfenite
Image: 1423827773
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Wulfenit, Fluorit

Größe: 33x29x19 mm; Fundort: Silver Thread Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Bob Griffis Minerals
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2015-02-13
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Schneeweißer Ca-haltiger Queitit
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Schneeweißer Ca-haltiger Queitit
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Lucky Cuss Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: McSchuerf; Contribution: McSchuerf
Location: USA/Arizona/Cochise Co./Tombstone District/Tombstone/Lucky Cuss Mine
Mineral: Queitite
Image: 1160512572
Rating: 4 (votes: 2)
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Schneeweißer Ca-haltiger Queitit

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Lucky Cuss Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Copyright: McSchuerf
Contribution: McSchuerf 2006-10-10
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Minerals (Count: 157)

Rocks (Count: 10)

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur:

  • Patrick Hamilton (1881). The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. Prescott, AZ: 36.
  • Blake, W.P. (1882). The geology and veins of Tombstone, Arizona: Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers, Transac. 10: 334-45.
  • Hillebrand, W.F. (1885). Emmonsite, a ferric tellurite, Proc. Colorado Scient. Soc. 2: 20-23. (Typ-Publ.)
  • Penfield (1890). Spangolit. (Typ-Publ.)
  • Church, J.A. (1903). The Tombstone, Arizona, mining district: Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers, Transac. 33: 3-37.
  • Ransome, F.L. (1920). USGS Bull. 710, Deposits of manganese ore in Arizona: 101-03.
  • Tenney, J.B. (1927-1929). History of Mining in Arizona (unpubl. in 2 vol.), Spec. Coll., Univ. Arizona Library & Arizona Bureau of Mines Library: 136-79.
  • Hewett, D.F. & O.N. Rove (1930). Occurrence and relations of alabandite. Econ. Geol. 25: 36-56.
  • Wilson, E.D. and Butler, G.M. (1930). Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 127, Manganese Ore Deposits of Arizona.
  • Wilson, E.D., et al (1934). Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137, Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining: 122-23.
  • Butler, B.S., et al. (1938b). Geology and ore deposits of the Tombstone district, Arizona. Ariz. Bureau of Mines Bull. 143.
  • Rasor, C.A. (1938). Bromyrite from Tombstone, Arizona. Amer. Min. 23: 157-59.
  • Rasor, C.A. (1939). Manganese mineralization at Tombstone, Arizona. Econ. Geol. 34: 790-803.
  • Butler, B.S., Wilson, E.D., and Rasor, C.A. (1938b). Geology and ore deposits of the Tombstone district, Arizona. Ariz. Bureau of Mines Bull. 143:
  • Butler, B.S., and Wilson, E.D. (1942). Ore deposits at Tombstone, Arizona, in Newhouse, W.H., ed. Ore deposits as related to structural features: Princeton Univ. Press, S.201-03.
  • Richmond, W.E. & M. Fleischer (1942). Cryptomelane, a new name for the commonest of the 'psilomelane' minerals. Amer.Min. 27: 607-10.
  • Galbraith, F.W. (1947). Minerals of Arizona. Ariz. Bureau of Mines Bull. 153: 28.
  • Romslo, T.M. & S.F. Ravitz (1947). Arizona manganese-silver ores. U.S. Bureau of Mines Rep. Invest. 4097.
  • Gilluly, J. (1956). General geology of central Cochise Co., Arizona, with sections on age and correlation, by A.R. Palmer, J.S. Williamson, and J.B. Reeside, Jr.: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 281, 169 S.
  • Needham, A.B. & W.R. Storms (1956). Investigation of Tombstone district manganese deposits, Cochise Co., Arizona. U.S. Bureau of Mines Rep. Invest. 5188.
  • Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959). Minerals of Arizona: 32, 36, 39, 51, 62, 63, 67, 72, 76, 90, 92, 99, 101, 107, 112.
  • Bideaux, R.A., et al. (1960). Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona. Arizona Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
  • Hewett, D.F. & M. Fleischer (1960). Deposits of the manganese oxides. Econ. Geol. 55: 1-55.
  • Silver, L.T. & S. Deutsch (1963). Uranium-lead isotope variations in zircons: A case study, J. Geol. 71: 721-58.
  • Keith, S.B. (1973). Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 187. Index of Mining Properties in Cochise Co., Arizona: 73.
  • Williams, S.A. (1978). Khinite, parakhinite, and dugganite, three new tellurates from Tombstone, Arizona. Amer. Min. 63: 1016-19.
  • Williams, S.A. & M. Duggan (1978). Tlapallite, a new mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Min. Mag. 42: 181-86.
  • Williams, S.A. (1980b). The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona. Min. Rec. 11: 251-56.
  • Williams, S.A. (1981b). Duhamelite, Cu4Pb2Bi(VO4)4(OH)3·8H2O, a new Arizona mineral. Min. Mag. 44: 151-52.
  • Anthony, J.W., et al. (1995). Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 104, 117, 119, 121, 136, 151, 159, 162, 165, 169, 172, 185, 190, 194, 206, 209, 212, 214, 228, 234, 239, 241, 249, 283, 285, 288, 291, 316, 325, 337, 343, 385, 389-390, 396, 397, 425, 428, 431, 432.

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 9r0SOx0pOU6TFsHcKVM7eg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 3B12BDF6-291D-4E39-9316-C1DC29533B7A
Database ID 3147