Specimen Number34-6-007Alternate Number79-3-P-7CommentsGarnet skarn with chlorite + feldspar + chalcopyrite + pyrite + molybdenite, with the molybdenite as both patches/blebs as well as stockworks with quartz.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)andraditechloritefeldsparquartzchalcopyritepyritemolybdeniteRock NameCu-Mo oreDistrictPimaMinePimaExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypePorphyry CopperThin SectionBox 4, slot 72Geo-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.
34-6-007: Cu-Mo ore - Pima District - Pima Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 13/11/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/54208