Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tombstone District, Arizona

ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES

NO 10, BULLETIN NO 143

115 Pages, 1938

• INTRODUCTION
• • Location, Culture, and Transportstion
  • Physical Features
  • Climate and Vegetation
  • Previous Work
  • Field Work and Acknowledgments
• GENERAL GEOLOGY
• • General Statement
  • Pre-Cambrian Rocks
  • Cambrian Rocks
  • Devonian Beds
  • Carboniferous Rocks
  • Mesozoic Rocks
  • Cenozoic Deposits
  • Post-Paleozoic Igneous Rocks
  • • Rhyolite Porphyry
    • Uncle Sam Porphyry
    • Schieffelin Granodiorite
    • Dikes
    • Volcanic Rocks
• STRUCTURE
• • Introduction
  • Sequence of Structural Events
  • Generally East-West Structures: Ajax Hill Horst
  • The Tombstone Basin :
  • • Rolls
    • Bedding-Plane Faults
    • Bedding Faults Associated with Anticlines and Rolls
    • Tension Fissures ("Hoodoo Cracks")
    • Saddle Fissures
    • • Thrust Faulting
      • North-South Dike Fissures and Faults
      • Emplacement of Igneous Bodies
      • Northeast Ore Fissures
      • Faults of Uncertain Age
      • • Tranquility -Contention Fault
        • Grand Central Fault
        • Date of the Late Faulting
    • Cause and Relation of Structural Features
• ORE DEPOSITS
• • History and Production
  • • Summary
    • Detailed Description
    • Production Summary
  • Mineralogy
  • • General Statement
    • Native Elements
    • Sulphides
    • Tellurides
    • Sulpho-salts
    • Haloids
    • Oxides
    • Carbonates
    • Silicates
    • Phosphates
    • Vanadates
    • Antimonates
    • Sulphates
    • Tellurates and Tellurites (?)
    • Molybdates
• Classification of the Ore Deposits
• Favorable Rocks
• • Upper Part of Bisbee Group
  • Upper Part of Naco Limestone and Lower Part of
  • Bisbee Group
  • Dikes
• Deposits Associated with North-South (Dike) Fissures
• • Contention-Grand Central Ore Zone
  • Emerald Mine
  • Tombstone Extension Area
  • Comet Ore Zone
  • Mineralization Associated with the Anchor or Coyote Fault
• Deposits Associated with Faults
• • Lucky Cuss Fault Zone
  • Prompter Fault System
• Deposits Associated with Anticlines and Rolls
• • Location of Mineralization on the Rolls
  • Description of Roll Deposits
  • Rolls East of the Empire Dike
  • Empire Anticline West of Empire Dike
  • Rolls in Sulphuret Syncline
  • Sulphuret Anticline
  • Boss Terrace
  • Ingersol Overturn
• Fissure Deposits
• • Skip Shaft Fissure
  • West Side Fissure
  • Arizona Queen Fissure
  • Defence Fissure
  • Fissure Veins in Quartz Latite
• Distribution of Metals and Minerals
• • Silver
  • Gold
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Molybdenum
  • Iron Minerals
  • Nbnrometallic Minerals
• FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT
• • Deposits in the Eastern Part of the District above Water Level
  • Deposits in Northeast Fissures
  • Deposits Associated with Faults
  • Deposits Associated with Dikes
  • Deposits Associated with Rolls
  • Deposits in the Eastern Part of the District below Water Level
  • Deposits in the Western Part of the District

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