Specimen Number34-6-011Alternate Number65-7-3CommentsChalcopyrite + pyrite + magnetite skarn, with garnet + tremolite + serpentine. No porphyry bodies occur in immediate area.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)chalcopyritepyritemagnetitegarnettremoliteserpentineRock Namemineralized skarnDistrictPimaMinePimaExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypePorphyry CopperGeo-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.
34-6-011: mineralized skarn - Pima District - Pima Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 13/11/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/54212