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Found alongside
Magnetite
Mohs 5.5–6.5. Black and strongly magnetic. Mindat
152 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
99 sites
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
82 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
76 sites
Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
74 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
59 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Pima County (35) · Gila County (24) · Yavapai County (19) · Greenlee County (16) · Pinal County (11) · La Paz County (9) · Graham County (8) · Cochise County (7) · Maricopa County (7) · Mohave County (5) · Santa Cruz County (5) · Navajo County (4) · Yuma County (2)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinolite Prospects | Asbestos | Actinolite | Occurrence | 33.335, -113.334 |
| Iron Reef Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Specularite | Past Producer | 32.970, -110.325 |
| Red Mountain Mine | Aluminum, Copper | Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Gold | Past Producer | 31.504, -110.719 |
| Apex Mine | Gold, Lead | Alunite, Galena | Producer | 33.071, -113.790 |
| Quartzsite Deposit | Kyanite | Andalusite, Dumortierite, Kyanite, Pyrophyllite, Sillimanite | Occurrence | 34.626, -114.243 |
| Saddle Mountain Group | Gold, Silver | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 33.035, -110.686 |
| Copper King Mine | Zinc, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 34.570, -113.233 |
| Black Dike Mine | Uranium | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 31.928, -111.282 |
| Hilltop Mine | Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 31.986, -109.290 |
| Twig Mine | Lead, Gold | Anglesite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Producer | 33.212, -109.365 |
| Safford Deposit | Copper, Molybdenum | Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Turquoise | Past Producer | 32.942, -109.606 |
| San Juan Mine | Copper | Antlerite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tenorite | Past Producer | 32.946, -109.653 |
| Black Diamond Mine | Copper, Silver, Iron, Lead | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite | Producer | 31.844, -109.930 |
| Meadow Valley Mine | Silver | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | Past Producer | 31.510, -110.585 |
| Old Eagle Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Argentite, Cerussite, Galena | Past Producer | 32.592, -111.079 |
| Sanchez Copper Deposit | Copper | Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Delafossite, Gold, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Malachite, Brochantite | Past Producer | 32.881, -109.535 |
| Copper Glance Mine | Copper | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Silver | Past Producer | 34.053, -113.770 |
| Tohono | Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide | Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Diopside, Galena, Garnet, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite | Producer | 32.517, -111.901 |
| Twin Buttes | Copper Sulfide, Copper Oxide | Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Wollastonite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 31.908, -111.051 |
| Yuma Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver | Past Producer | 33.840, -113.750 |
| Mineral Hill Mine | Copper, Silver | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Wollastonite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 31.987, -111.088 |
| Bonanza Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.003, -111.512 |
| Pima Open Pit Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tenorite | Producer | 31.987, -111.073 |
| Tip Top Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite | Past Producer | 31.870, -110.794 |
| Helvetia East | Copper, Silver | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Azurite, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Gold, Scheelite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 31.833, -110.759 |
| Cuprite Mine | Copper, Silver | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 31.928, -110.710 |
| New Cornelia Ajo | Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Silver, Covellite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Rutile, Shattuckite, Tenorite | Past Producer | 32.354, -112.869 |
| Mission Mine | Silver, Molybdenum, Copper | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cubanite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Chrysocolla, Tennantite | Producer | 31.992, -111.064 |
| Leader Mine | Copper, Molybdenum | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite | Past Producer | 31.860, -110.770 |
| Wikieup Prospect | Copper, Molybdenum | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite | Occurrence | 34.629, -113.617 |
| Atlas Mine | Zinc, Copper | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite | Past Producer | 32.430, -111.547 |
| Mascot Mine | Copper, Silver | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite | Producer | 32.208, -109.591 |
| Republic Mine | Zinc, Copper | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.090, -110.060 |
| Daisy Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 31.986, -111.078 |
| Copper Glance Mine | Copper | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 31.897, -111.055 |
| Moore Mine | Copper, Zinc | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.110, -110.075 |
| Hoosier Mine | Gold | Bornite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Specularite | Producer | 33.030, -110.720 |
| Metcalf Mines | Copper | Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite | Past Producer | 33.114, -109.361 |
| Shannon Mine | Copper | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite | Past Producer | 33.120, -109.361 |
| Humboldt Mine | Copper | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 33.079, -109.367 |
| Eleven and Celtic Group | Copper | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite | Producer | 33.131, -109.330 |
| Antler Mine | Copper, Zinc | Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Marmatite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.867, -113.867 |
| Cobre Grande Mine. | Copper, Lead | Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Tenorite | Past Producer | 32.976, -110.292 |
| Morenci Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Andradite, Argentite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Galena | Producer | 33.089, -109.354 |
| Little Hill Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Melaconite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.587, -110.832 |
| San Manuel Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver, Atacamite, Bornite, Copper, Covellite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Rutile, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 32.684, -110.693 |
| Critic Mine | Copper, Gold | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Magnetite, Malachite | Past Producer | 33.957, -113.576 |
| XIV Group | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite | Producer | 33.123, -109.368 |
| Esperanza | Molybdenum, Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Torbernite | Past Producer | 31.870, -111.125 |
| Arizona Central Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Goslarite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.077, -109.369 |
| Longfellow Mine | Copper, Kaolin | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Kaolin, Kaolinite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.085, -109.359 |
| Copper Queen Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Marcasite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 31.899, -111.058 |
| Old Dick Mine | Zinc, Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.547, -113.230 |
| Jackson Mine | Copper, Silver | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver | Past Producer | 31.769, -110.866 |
| Cobralla Prospect | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Wollastonite | Occurrence | 33.887, -113.723 |
| May No. 2 Claim | Copper, Uranium, Iron | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite | Occurrence | 33.978, -110.870 |
| York No. 1 Claim | Uranium, Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite | Occurrence | 33.992, -110.853 |
| Walnut No. 2 Claim | Copper, Iron, Uranium | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pitchblende, Uranophane | Occurrence | 34.007, -110.872 |
| Yavapai Mine | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 33.086, -109.361 |
| Christmas | Copper | Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Copper, Hematite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Cubanite, Dioptase, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite | Past Producer | 33.059, -110.742 |
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
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