Specimen Number34-6-004Alternate Number79-3-P-4CommentsTriassic quartzite from the lithic arenite unit metasediments. Pyritized and chalcopyritized but generally non-reactive.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)quartzpyritechalcopyriteRock Namemineralized quartziteDistrictPimaMinePimaExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypePorphyry CopperThin SectionBox 4, slot 69Geo-Coords[1] Donated ByUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Department of GeoscienceReference 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.
34-6-004: mineralized quartzite - Pima District - Pima Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 13/11/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/54205