Author: Richard William Graeme III
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692876862
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
During the last part of the 19th century miners at the booming mining camp at Bisbee in the Arizona Territory began finding natural caves. These caverns were more than the typical calcite and aragonite filled openings stained by iron and manganese oxides. These caverns contained substantial amounts of malachite, azurite, rosasite and even cuprite. As a result the caverns were at times the formations were colored in deep greens and blues. It was learned that these caves formed as the result of the sugergene (oxidation) alteration of sulfides. The book begins with the history of local cave discoveries and then becomes more technical as it examines the speleology and mineralogy.
Forgotten Caves of Bisbee, Arizona
Author: Richard William Graeme III
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692876862
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
During the last part of the 19th century miners at the booming mining camp at Bisbee in the Arizona Territory began finding natural caves. These caverns were more than the typical calcite and aragonite filled openings stained by iron and manganese oxides. These caverns contained substantial amounts of malachite, azurite, rosasite and even cuprite. As a result the caverns were at times the formations were colored in deep greens and blues. It was learned that these caves formed as the result of the sugergene (oxidation) alteration of sulfides. The book begins with the history of local cave discoveries and then becomes more technical as it examines the speleology and mineralogy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692876862
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
During the last part of the 19th century miners at the booming mining camp at Bisbee in the Arizona Territory began finding natural caves. These caverns were more than the typical calcite and aragonite filled openings stained by iron and manganese oxides. These caverns contained substantial amounts of malachite, azurite, rosasite and even cuprite. As a result the caverns were at times the formations were colored in deep greens and blues. It was learned that these caves formed as the result of the sugergene (oxidation) alteration of sulfides. The book begins with the history of local cave discoveries and then becomes more technical as it examines the speleology and mineralogy.
Glossary of Mineral Terms
Author: Royalty Management Program (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Unknown Mexico
Author: Carl Lumholtz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
My Bad Tequila
Author: Rico Austin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781961978225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One Man's Epic Journey across two continents and four countries with fifty years of adventure. But,1986 changed everything forever.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781961978225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One Man's Epic Journey across two continents and four countries with fifty years of adventure. But,1986 changed everything forever.
Going Back to Bisbee
Author: Richard Shelton
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816512898
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The author shares his fascination with a distinctive corner of the country--Bisbee, Arizona--with a narrative that reflects the history of the area, the beauty of the landscape, and his own life
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816512898
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The author shares his fascination with a distinctive corner of the country--Bisbee, Arizona--with a narrative that reflects the history of the area, the beauty of the landscape, and his own life
Men who Matched the Mountains
Author: Edwin A. Tucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Copper Handbook
Brewery Gulch
Author: Joe Chisholm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The author answered the last call in 1937. This book is a first-hand, colorful description of frontier life in Arizona, Bisbee, and Tombstone.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The author answered the last call in 1937. This book is a first-hand, colorful description of frontier life in Arizona, Bisbee, and Tombstone.
To the Last Man :.
Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth Within a Land of Ancient Culture
Author: James H. McClintock
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789353609948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789353609948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.