4-8-014: quartzite - Pima District - Pima Mine

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Specimen Number4-8-014Alternate NumberP-4CommentsQuartzite from the lithic arenite unit within the Triassic (?) metasediments. Hanging-wall, is pyritized, silicified, with moderate chalcopyrite. Sulfides are both in fractures and disseminated. Lithology itself is generally unaltered due to non-reactive composition of quartzite.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)pyritequartzsericiteRock NamequartziteDistrictPimaMinePimaExternal LinkMindatGeo-LocationNorth side of pitSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypePorphyry CopperGeo-Coords^[1]Reference MaterialACL-109: Thurmond, R.E., and Storms, W.R., 1958, Discovery and Development of the Pima Copper Deposit, Pima Mining Co., Pima County, Arizona, Bur. Mines Inform. Circ. 7822, 19 p.

ACL-113: Thurmond, R.E., Olk, J.F., Komadina, G.A., Journeay, J.A., Spaulding, E.D., and Hernlund, R.W., 1958, PIMA: a three-part story, Min. Eng., p. 453-462.

ACL-121: Langlois, J.D., 1976, Geology of the Cyprus Pima mine, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Hauck, H.R., eds., AZ Geol. Soc. Digest Volume XI, Proceedings of the Porphyry Copper Symposium, Tucson, AZ, March 18-20, p. 103-114.

ACL-153: Cooper, J.R., 1960, Some Geologic Features of the Pima Mining District, Pima County, Arizona; U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 1112-C, Washington, D.C., 40 p.

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