Mule Mountains and Bisbee-Views

Cochise College
Geology of Southeastern Arizona
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu last edited: 10/11/07

views of the
Mule Mountains and Bisbee
copyright 2007 by Roger Weller

Mule Mountains-photographs

Mule Mountains observed from the West

Bisbee observed from the West
Lavender Pit
            Aerial view

Sacramento Hill

Lavender Pit-East side

Lavender Pit-West side

Acid pond at bottom of pit

Floor of the pit

Looking upwards from floor of the pit

post-mining mineralization
Chalcanthite-copper sulfate, post-mining: 1 2 3

Juniper Flats

Juniper Flats-view from above the Mule Pass Tunnel
Juniper Flats-a granite intrusion
Escabrosa Limestone cliffs

Intrusion within the Escabrosa limestone

sedimentary rock formations

Cretaceous Rocks-Morita Formation

Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks-Mural Limestone

Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks-Cintura Formation

Tectonics-Cintura Formation cut by large regional fault
Crossbedding in the Cretaceous Cintura Formation

aerial photographs

Northeast trending faults, Eastern Mule Mountains

Warren area of Bisbee

Don Luis area of Bisbee

Old Bisbee
Intersection of Highways 80 and 90
small Intrusion west side of mules

            Contact between intrusion and limestone
            Contact between intrusion and country rock
            Porphyritic nature of intrusion
            Hydrothermal alteration of intrusion
            Hydrothermal alteration of intrusion-closer view
            Quartz vein in intrusion
Mule Mountains-mass wasting
            Small rock slide
            Small talus slope

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