Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Localities:

Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse property; Davis property), Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Belmont Mine (Belmont lease; South Belmont incline; North Belmont shaft; Silver Bill Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Akaganeite

Formula: (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25 · nH2O

Colour: Reddish-brown

Alabandite

Formula: MnS

Localities:

World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Haggin shaft, Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities:

Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine group of claims; Francis group of claims; Temporal group of claims), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Old Baldy prospects, Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Albite var. Oligoclase

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Localities:

Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine group of claims; Francis group of claims; Temporal group of claims), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Old Baldy prospects, Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Alum Group'

Formula: XAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Description: As a post-mining product resulting from dump weathering.

Alum-(Na)

Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O

Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: As masses in the fault zone.

Anatase

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs as micro-crystals between adularia crystals.

Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Habit: Dodecahedral, some to nearly 5 cm diameter; rhombohedral faces striated

Colour: Dark reddish and brownish-green or dark greenish-brown

Description: Adamantine luster; much coated on crystal faces a bright metallic black with Mn & Fe oxides. Large, relatively pure, crystalline masses of medium grain.

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in oxidized lead ore.

Anglesite var. Silver-bearing Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

Description: Occurs as labradorite-andesine in quartz monzonite in phenocrysts to 1 inch diameter.

Anorthite var. Labradorite

Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]

Description: Occurs as labradorite-andesine in quartz monzonite in phenocrysts to 1 inch diameter.

'Antimony Ochre'

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jarrilla Mine, Jarilla Mine group (Jarilla Mine; Bullion Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Habit: Large crystals

Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Aragonite var. Flos Ferri

Formula: CaCO3

Arsenic

Formula: As

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Double Standard Mine (Dudley-Standard Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in contact zones of metamorphosed limestone.

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities:

Paymaster Mine, Guajolote Flat, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Iron Cliff prospect (Littleshot prospect; Little Shot Mine; Velvet Mine), Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Augite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine group of claims; Francis group of claims; Temporal group of claims), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: In metamorphosed limestones.

Aurichalcite

Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6

Localities:

Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Empire Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Habit: Thick acicular crystals aggregated into clots

Colour: Light blue

Description: Occurs on limonite.

Autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O

Localities:

White Oak Mine (White Oak property; White Oaks Mine; Walker Canyon; Old Clarke Mine; Old Clark Mine; Sunrise Mine; White Oak #1 adit), Walker Canyon, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Big Steve Mine, Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Alamo Spring area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duranium claims, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Reactor and Opaline groups, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 42 localities in this region.

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region.

'Bindheimite'

Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Bisbeeite' ?

Formula: (Cu,Mg)SiO3 · nH2O

Habit: Fibrous; crystals orthorhombic

Colour: Blue

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities: Reported from at least 27 localities in this region.

Bournonite

Formula: PbCuSbS3

Brackebuschite

Formula: Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)

Habit: Micro-crystals

Braunite

Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8

Localities:

Unnamed prospect, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Salvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Bromargyrite

Formula: AgBr

Localities:

Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Rosario No. 2 claim, Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Little Joker Mine (Little Joker prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA ? (more information)
Walker Mine, Big Casa Blanca Canyon, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA ? (more information)

Brookite

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs as micro-crystals between adularia crystals.

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 44 localities in this region.

Colour: White, pale blue

Fluorescence: Red (SW UV)

Description: Massive.

Calcite var. Limestone Onyx

Formula: CaCO3

Localities:

Onyx Cave (Cave Hill deposit), Greaterville Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Annie Laurie prospect (Annie Laurie claims; Bright Uranium prospect), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Cave Creek, Greaterville Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite

Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3

'Calcium Amphibole Subgroup'

Formula: AnCa2(Z2+5-mZ3+m)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2

'Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. Hornblende'

Calderónite

Formula: Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)

Colour: Red-brown

Description: Calderonite was first listed as Brackebuschite but testing at the University of Arizona showed them to be Calderonite.

Caledonite

Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Alto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 49 localities in this region.

Habit: Jackstrawed sheaves of needle-like & pencil-like crystal aggregates

Colour: White

Fluorescence: Whitish (SW).

Description: From the roof in the inner part of the south tunnel and adjacent parts of the crosscuts hang great masses of closely spaced, acicular or filiform (jackstrawed), silky, white cerussite about a foot in length, for which this mine is famous.

Cerussite var. Silver-bearing Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3 with Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities: Reported from at least 49 localities in this region.

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 195 localities in this region.

Chalcosiderite

Formula: CuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O

Chamosite

Formula: (Fe2+)5Al(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8

Description: Occurs in oligoclase-rutile rock rich in molybdenite; replaces former dark silicates in the mafic igneous rock hosting the ores.

Chenevixite

Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Chlorargyrite

Formula: AgCl

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite

Formula: Ag(Cl,Br)

Localities:

Warsaw Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Alta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Noon Camp, Nogales area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Ivanhoe Mine (Commercial Tunnel and Shaft; Ivanhoe 1-8 claims; Commercial 1-6 claims), Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: In altered wall rocks.

Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Cinnabar

Formula: HgS

Clinoclase

Formula: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3

Description: Druses on barite.

Conichalcite

Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)

Copper

Formula: Cu

Localities:

Maine Mine, Washington Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Three-R Mine (3R Mine), Three-R Mine group, Three-R Canyon, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Some native copper found near the surface.

Corkite

Formula: PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Cornubite

Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4

Localities:

Unnamed prospect, Humboldt Mine area, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Humboldt Mine area, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Marshall Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Colour: Pistachio-green

Description: Lovely crystals assoc. with luetheite & chenevixite.

Coronadite

Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

Description: As botryoidal crusts and pseudomorphs after wulfenite.

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Cryptomelane

Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

Localities:

Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Salvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs pseudomorphous after wulfenite with calcite.

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

Descloizite

Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Descloizite var. Copper-bearing Descloizite

Formula: Pb(Zn,Cu)VO4OH

'Descloizite-Mottramite Series'

Devilline

Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O

Localities:

Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Diaboleite

Formula: Pb2CuCl2(OH)4

Description: Occurs as fist-sized masses of fine-grained, crystalline material.

Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Localities:

Red Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Digenite

Formula: Cu9S5

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Simplot Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Localities:

Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse property; Davis property), Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Stella Mine, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Pride of the West Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Bonanza Mine, Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse property; Davis property), Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in metamorphosed areas in limestones near contacts with intrusives.

Dumontite

Formula: Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O

Dumortierite

Formula: Al(Al2O)(Al2O)2(SiO4)3(BO3)

Dyscrasite

Formula: Ag3Sb

Description: Secondary mineral in quartz diorite.

Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Localities:

Volcano Mine, Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Rare vein mineral with pyrite under a chalcocite enrichment blanket.

Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

Description: Occurs sparingly in younger andesites.

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region.

Description: Present in epidotized lamprophyre dikes.

Epsomite

Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O

Localities:

South of Patagonia, Patagonia, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Erionite-K

Formula: (K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O

'Erionite Subgroup'

Formula: M2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

Description: Occurs sparingly in gabbro, diabase & andesites.

'Feldspar Group'

Localities:

Aztec Mine (Aztec group of claims; Aztec Mine group; Andes group), Aztec Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Salvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Ferberite

Formula: FeWO4

Ferrimolybdite

Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O

Localities:

Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain claims), Guajolote Flat, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Racer Mine, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Colour: Reddish.

Description: As a gangue mineral.

'Freibergite Subgroup'

Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1

Localities:

World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Chief Mine (Chief group of claims), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 187 localities in this region.

Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena

Formula: PbS with Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 57 localities in this region.

Description: Auriferous as well. Largely oxidized.

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Gedrite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2

Localities:

Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse property; Davis property), Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Pride of the West Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in gangue.

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 36 localities in this region.

Description: As placer gold.

Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

Colour: Whitish gold

Description: Exceptionally large % Ag - approx. 1:5 Ag:Au alloy.

Graphite

Formula: C

Description: In metamorphosed limestone.

Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: In limestone in contact metamorphic deposits.

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Gypsum var. Selenite

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Halite

Formula: NaCl

Localities:

Chief Mine (Chief group of claims), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Denver Mine (El Toro Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Halotrichite

Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

Localities:

Denver Mine (El Toro Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Hausmannite

Formula: Mn2+Mn3+2O4

Localities:

Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs as a constituent of fine-grained, brownish manganese oxides.

Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

Localities:

Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse property; Davis property), Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Pride of the West Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs with diopside and other contact metamorphic silicates.

Hedyphane

Formula: Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 60 localities in this region.

Hematite var. Specularite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Description: Phenocrysts to ¾ inch long in diorite adjacent to the fault.

Hydrocerussite

Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2

Hydrozincite

Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Description: In several contact metamorphic deposits.

Iodargyrite

Formula: AgI

Habit: Small, isolated

Description: Globules & specks in "contour boxwork" limonite deposits.

Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Johannsenite

Formula: CaMn2+Si2O6

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Double Standard Mine area (Dudley-Standard Mine area), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: In altered wall rocks.

Kasolite

Formula: Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O

Localities:

White Oak Mine (White Oak property; White Oaks Mine; Walker Canyon; Old Clarke Mine; Old Clark Mine; Sunrise Mine; White Oak #1 adit), Walker Canyon, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Big Steve Mine, Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duranium claims, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Kinsley property, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Annie Laurie prospect (Annie Laurie claims; Bright Uranium prospect), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Crystalline mat. assoc. w. oxidized Pb ore in shear zone in rhyolite.

'K Feldspar'

Localities:

Basin No. 1 prospect, Basin Mine group, Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'K Feldspar var. Adularia'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'K Feldspar var. Valencianite'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

Lead

Formula: Pb

Localities:

Sonoita Creek-Alum Canyon placers (Palmento placers), Patagonia, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Harshaw placers, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Tubac, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA ? (more information)

Description: As native lead in a gold placer deposit.

Leadhillite

Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2

'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 54 localities in this region.

Linarite

Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Luetheite (TL)

Formula: Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4

Localities:

Humboldt Mine area, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Unnamed prospect, Humboldt Mine area, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Habit: Small, tabular

Colour: India-blue

Description: In veinlets & vugs in rhyolite breccia. Luetheite type material was found by Joe Ruiz in a dry creek bed near the Humboldt mine (pers. comm. from Joe Ruiz to Rolf Luetcke).

Magnesiocopiapite

Formula: MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

Habit: Micro-crystals

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Description: A component of host rocks (quartz monzonite).

Magnetite var. Lodestone

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Description: Occurs in considerable quantities.

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 76 localities in this region.

'Manganese Oxides'

Localities:

Robert E. Lee Mine (Bob Lee Mine; Bob Lee and Widow Mine), Tres de Mayo Mine group, Palmetto District, Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Salvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites'

Manganite

Formula: Mn3+O(OH)

Localities:

Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Massicot

Formula: PbO

Melanterite

Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O

Localities:

Buena Vista Mine (Goodview Mine), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
St. Louis Mine (St. Louis prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite

Formula: (Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O

Description: Efflorescences on tunnel walls.

Mesolite

Formula: Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O

Description: Observed in a drill core as silky, white fibers with calcite in veinlets cutting fresh granodiorite.

Metatorbernite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Mimetite

Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Mimetite-Vanadinite Series'

Minium

Formula: Pb3O4

Localities:

Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.

'Molybdenite-2H'

Formula: MoS2

Localities:

Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Mottramite

Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)

Localities:

Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
J.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Unspecified locality, Nogales area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs replacing and forming incrustations on wulfenite.

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 38 localities in this region.

Description: As rims surrounding ore minerals or as masses enclosing the ore minerals.

Muscovite var. Illite

Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2

Localities:

Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 36 localities in this region.

Nsutite

Formula: (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2

Localities:

Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Tres de Mayo Mine group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs with several other manganese oxides.

Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Colour: Blue.

Opal var. Opal-AN

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities:

Grosvenor Hills, Santa Cruz village area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Southwest of Salero, Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Opal var. Precious Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities:

Arizona Blue Fire Opal claim (Scorpio claims), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jay R claim, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Precious Opal occurrence, East of Red Rock Canyon, Redrock Canyon, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Colour: Reddish

Description: A prominent component of a red granitic country rock.

Palygorskite

Formula: ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Silver Bell Mine (Silver Bill Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
South Empire Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Pearceite

Formula: [Ag6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]

Localities:

World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Pharmacosiderite

Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O

Description: Alteration product of tennantite.

Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Simplot Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl

Localities:

Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Robert E. Lee Mine (Bob Lee Mine; Bob Lee and Widow Mine), Tres de Mayo Mine group, Palmetto District, Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Plattnerite

Formula: PbO2

Description: Occurs as crystals on wulfenite.

Polybasite

Formula: [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]

Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

Proustite

Formula: Ag3AsS3

Localities:

Ivanhoe Mine (Commercial Tunnel and Shaft; Ivanhoe 1-8 claims; Commercial 1-6 claims), Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mount Benedict area, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Psilomelane'

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag3SbS3

Localities:

Alta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Sonoita Mine, Sonoita Mine group (Sondita Mine; Sondita Mine group; Evans claim), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in deeper levels as a 4 inch wide oreshoot.

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 186 localities in this region.

Pyrite var. Copper-bearing Pyrite

Formula: (Fe,Cu)S2

Localities:

Oliver claim (Lee claim), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Invincible prospect, Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Description: As a gangue mineral.

Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Eagle Mine (Blue Eagle 1 and 2 claims; Copper Ledge; Hillside Copper Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Pat Alunite deposit (Pat property; Patagonia property), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Localities:

Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Phoenix Mine (Hay property), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Pride of the West Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Simplot Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in contact zones in Paleozoic limestones.

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 59 localities in this region.

Habit: Japan-law twins; some crystals 2 feet (60 cm) long and 5 inches (12.5 cm)

Colour: Colorless, cloudy, milky

Description: Crystals common, including Japan-law twins.

Quartz var. Amethyst

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in pegmatite in large crystals.

Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Rock Crystal

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Rhodochrosite

Formula: MnCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Description: As a gangue mineral.

Rhodonite

Formula: CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]

Localities:

World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
South Central Patagonia Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Rosasite

Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities:

Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Empire Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Rosickýite

Formula: S

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santo Nino Mine (Santo Niño Mine; North Santo Nino; North Santo Wind; Brooks; Santa Maria Mo Mine), Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Oliver claim (Lee claim), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina claim), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: As micro-crystals.

Saponite

Formula: Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Description: Occurs in the open pit operation.

'Scapolite'

Description: Occurs in contact rocks.

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Fluorescence: Blue-white (SW UV)

Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Abundant in contact metamorphic deposits, as aggregates associated with galena in the partly silicated limestone just west of Washington on the Nogales Road.

'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Serpierite

Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities:

Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Silver

Formula: Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs with tetrahedrite.

'Smectite Group'

Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O

Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Colour: Gray

Description: Occurs as gray balls.

Smithsonite var. Dry Bone Ore

Formula: ZnCO3

Colour: Gray

Description: Abundant as incrustations in intermediate zone of the replacement orebodies in limestone.

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 118 localities in this region.

Sphalerite var. Cleiophane

Formula: ZnS

Stephanite

Formula: Ag5SbS4

Localities:

Lead Queen Mine (Golden Rose; Mono Mine), Buffalo Mine group (Jefferson group), Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Golden Rose Mine (Mord and Wieland claim), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Localities:

Dura Mine (Dura Mine group; International Mine; Old Contest Mine), Mount Benedict, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Stilbite Subgroup'

Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O

Description: Occurs on adularia.

Stromeyerite

Formula: AgCuS

Sulphur

Formula: S8

Localities:

January & Norton Mine group (January and Norton Mine group), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Unnamed Occurrence South of Duquesne, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Wildcat Mine (Wild Cat group of claims), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Invincible prospect, Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Eagle Mine (Blue Eagle 1 and 2 claims; Copper Ledge; Hillside Copper Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: As a post mining product resulting from dump weathering.

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Racer Mine, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Ventura Mine group (Morris group; George Morris Mine; George Morris Gold claim; Old Timer Mine; Homestake Mine; Georgia Mines), Ventura Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Localities: Reported from at least 42 localities in this region.

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite'

Formula: (Cu,Ag)6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities:

Ventura Mine group (Morris group; George Morris Mine; George Morris Gold claim; Old Timer Mine; Homestake Mine; Georgia Mines), Ventura Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Unnamed Cu prospect (2), San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Eagle Mine (Blue Eagle 1 and 2 claims; Copper Ledge; Hillside Copper Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Description: In limestone in contact metamorphic deposits as the most abundant amphibole, intimately assovciaed with the ore deposits as gangue.

Tridymite

Formula: SiO2

Description: Microscopic component of ore.

Tschermakite

Formula: ◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2

Description: In metamorphosed limestone.

Uraninite

Formula: UO2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Description: Sparse - pitchblende variety (?); disseminated & in hairlike fractures in walls of veins.

Uraninite var. Pitchblende

Formula: UO2

Uranophane

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Vanadinite

Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs as splendid crystals, some of good color.

Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

Colour: Lime-green

Description: Crystal fragments.

'Wad'

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Willemite

Formula: Zn2SiO4

Habit: hexagonal prisms and equant grains

Colour: water clear

Description: Excellent micro crystals with wulfenite (also micro)

'Wolframite Group'

Localities:

Reagan Mine (Regan Mine group; Baca Float Tungsten Mine), Reagan Camp, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Nogales Wash-Santa Cruz River divide, Calabasas area, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Mount Benedict area, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain claims), Guajolote Flat, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Reagan Camp, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: Occurs in narrow quartz veins in lamprophyre dikes cutting quartz monzonite.

Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Localities:

Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Duquesne-Washington Camp Area Wollastonite deposit, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Description: In contact-metamorphic limestones, principally in association with the cherty portion of the limestone, especially the chert nodules.

Wulfenite

Formula: Pb(MoO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region.

Habit: Crystals to 4 inches, or more (10 cm) on an edge.

Colour: Light yellow, pale orange

Description: Remarkable crystal aggregates of various colors & habits

'Zinnwaldite'

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Description: Occurs in granite.

Zunyite

Formula: Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl