Specimen Number34-6-010Alternate Number79-3-P-10CommentsMagnetite + serpentine + chalcopyrite skarn within hanging wall Triassic sediments. Skarn distribution structurally controlled parallel to E-W structures.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)magnetiteserpentinechalcopyriteRock NameskarnDistrictPimaMinePimaExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypePorphyry CopperThin SectionBox 4, slot 75Geo-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.
34-6-010: skarn - Pima District - Pima Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 09/11/2025, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/54211