Dragoon
Mountains
Cochise
College
Arizona Geology
Virtual Geology Museum
Geology of Southeastern Arizona
Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu
last edited: 5/9/07
*Bagg, R.M., 1904, Geological conditions in the Dragoon Mountains, Arizona: Practical Miner, St. Louis, Mo., v.8.
*Bock, Charles M., 1962, The distribution of some selected alkaline metals and alkaline earths in the Stronghold Granite, Cochise County, Arizona: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 95 p.
*Cedarstrom, D.J., 1946, The structural geology of the Dragoon Mountains, Arizona: Am. Jour. Sci., v.244, p. 601-621.
*Cedarstrom, D.J., 1946, Geology of the central Dragoon Mountains, Arizona: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 93 p.
*Cooper, J.R., 1969 (1959?), Some geologic features of the Dragoon quadrangle, Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Guidebook II- Southern Ariz., p.139-145.
*Cooper, J.r. and Silver, L.T., 1954, Older Precambrian rocks of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona (abstr.): GSA Bull., v.65, no.12, p.1242.
*Cooper, J.R., and Silver, L.T., 1964, Geology and ore deposits of the Dragoon quadrangle, Arizona: USGS Prof. Paper 416, 196 p.
*Crawford, W.P., and Johnson, F., 1937, Turquoise deposits of Courtland, Arizona: Econ. Geol., v.32, p. 511-523.
*Dempsey, W.J., 1963, Aeromagnetic map of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona: USGS Map GP-412.
*Dinsmore, C.A., 1909, The Johnson and Dragoon districts, Arizona: Min. World, v.31, p. 833-834.
*Dinsmore, C.A., 1910, Courtland, Arizona, and its mining possibilities: Min. World, v.32, p. 747-749.
*Drewes, H., 1987, Geologic map and cross-sections of the Dragoon Mountains, southeastern Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Map I-1662.
*Endlich, F.M., 1897, The Pearce mining district, Arizona: Engr. Min. Jour., v.63, p. 571.
*Gettings, P.E., and Gettings, M.E., 1996, Modeling of a magnetic and gravity anomaly profile from Dragoon Mountains to Sierra Vista, southeastern Arizona: USGS Open File Report OF 96-0288, 15 p.
*Gilluly, J., 1956, General geology of central Cochise County, Arizona: USGS Prof. Paper 281, 169 p.
*Gilluly, J., Cooper, J.R., and Williams, J.S., 1954, Late Paleozoic stratigraphy of central Cochise County, Arizona: USGS Prof. Paper 266, 49 p.
*Hay, S.E. et al, 1981, Principal facts of gravity observations in the Dragoon Mountains Further Planning Area (RARE II) and Gila-San Francisco Wilderness Study Area, Arizona: USGS Open File Report OF 81-0849, 24 p.
*Keith, Stanton B., and Barrett, L.F., 1976, Tectonics of the central Dragoon Mountains- a new look: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest. v.10, p.169-204.
*Mc Rae, O.M., 1966, General geology and some structural features of the Courtland-Gleeson area, Cochise County, Arizona: Trans. Soc. Min. Eng., v.235, p.133-138.
*Micklin, R.F., 1969, Fusulinids and conodonts of a Pennsylvanian-Permian section in the northern Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 257 p.
*Nevin, A.E., 1971, Normal faulting in the Dragoon Pass area, Cochise County, Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest, v.9, p.189-195.
*Newell, R.A., 1974, Exploration geology and geochemistry of the Tombstone-Charleston area, Cochise County, Arizona: Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, California, 205 p.
*Platt, J.M., 1909, The Turquoise mining district, Arizona: Eng. Min. Jour., v.87, p. 213.
*Ransome, F.L., 1912, Activities in the Turquoise copper district, Arizona: Min. Engr. World, v.36, p.1359-1361.
*Ransome, F.L., 1913, The Turquoise copper mining district, Arizona: USGS Bull. 530, p.125-234.
*Richards, R.W., 1908, The Dragoon, Arizona, tungsten deposits: Min. Sci., v.57, p. 93-94.
*Rushing, Jodi A., 1978, Contact metamorphism of Paleozoic rocks near Stronghold Canyon, Dragoon Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 96 p.
*Scott, W.A., 1916, Commonwealth mine and mill at Pearce, Arizona: Min. Engr. World, v.45, p. 187-188.
*Silver, L.T., 1955, The structure and petrology of the Johnny Lyon Hills area, Cochise County, Arizona: Ph.D., Pasadena, Calif. Inst. Tech., 407 p.
*Smith, L.A., The geology of the Commonwealth mine: M.S. thesis, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson.
*Sousa, Francis X., 1980, Geology of the Middlemarch Mine and vicinity, central Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 107 p.
*Wilson, D.E., 1927, Geology and ore deposits of the Courtland-Gleeson region, Arizona: Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 123.