Geology of the Bisbee Quadrangle
Geology of the Bisbee QuadrangleRoger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu copyright 2008-R.Weller
Topic List for
Geology and Ore Deposits
of the Bisbee
Quadrangle, Arizona
by Frederick Leslie Ransome, 1904
United States Geological Survey
Professional Paper No.21
link to
introduction page
list
Page
1- cover
2- facing
page
3- contents
4- list of
illustrations
5
introduction
10-
location
map
11- field
work and acknowledgements
12- list of
publications
13- history
of mining development
14a-
photo-San Pedro Valley and Huachuca Range from the Mule Mountains
14b-
photo- Bisbee from Sacramento Hill
16-
production/climate
17-
topography
20- relief
and drainage
21- topography
23-
preliminary outline of the geology
24-
Pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks
27-
Paleozoic sediments
28-
Cambrian
30a-
photo- Mount Martin Paleozoic
section
30b-
photo- Abrigo Limestone
33-
Devonian
39-
drawing- Devonian fossils
42-
Carboniferous
42a-
photo- cliff of Escabrosa Limestone
42b-
photo- Naco Hills
44a-
photo- Escabrosa and Naco Limestones
44-
photo- Cretaceous beds
48b-
drawing- Mississippian
fossils
52a-
drawing- Pennsylvanian
fossils
54-
resume of Paleozoic section
54a-
diagram- generalized columnar
section
56-
Mesozoic sediments/
Bisbee group
56a-
photo- Bisbee Group
58a-
photo- Juniper Flat
58b-
photo- Glance Conglomerate
60a-
photo- Mule Gulch
60b-
photo- Glance Conglomerate
70- notes
on Cretaceous fossils
72b-
drawing- Cretaceous fossils
73-
Cenozoic rocks
75- igneous
rocks
76- granite
78- granite
porphyry
78a-
photo-
porphyry dikes
78b-
photo-
Abrigo Fault
80a-
photo-
dikes on Escabrosa Ridge
80b-
photo-
volcanic neck
83- contact
metamorphism
85-
geological structure
88a-
photo-
faults in Escacado Canyon
88b-
photo-
folds and faults in Escacado Canyon
90a-
photo-
fault between Naco Limestone and Escabrosa Limestone
90b-
photo-
Espinal Plain
93- general
structure analysis
98a-
photo-
Queen Hill
98b-
photo-
Uncle Sam Gulch
100a-
photo-
Gold Hill
100b-
photo-
Gold Hill
102a-
photo-
Glance Overthrust
102b-
photo
104-
geological history
109- ore
deposits/general character of mineralization/distribution of ores
110-
underground development
110a-
photo- Sacramento Hill
110b-
photo- Irish Mag and Spray shafts
112a-
map-
underground workings- Copper Queen Mine
112b-
map-
underground workings- Copper Queen Mine
112c-
map-
underground workings- Copper Queen Mine
114b-
map-
claim map of Warren Mining District
116a-
map-
underground workings- Calumet and Arizona mine
117-
map-
underground workings- shaft no. 2- Lake Superior and Pittsburg Mine
118a-
map-
underground workings- shaft no. 3- Lake Superior and Pittsburg Mine
118b-
map-
underground workings- Lowell Mine
120-
mineralogy of the ores-ore minerals
121-
sulfides
125-
carbonates, silicates, sulphates, and oxides
129- gangue
minerals
132-
paragenesis of the ore and gangue minerals
135- form
and geological environment of the ore bodies
136-
relation of the ore bodies to the bedding of the limestones
136a-
drawing- forms of the ore bodies
137-
section through the Copper Queen Mine
138-
section through the Czar Shaft
139-
relation of ore bodies to the Escabrosa Limestone
140-
relation of the ore bodies to structure
145-
groundwater and depth of oxidation
146-
genesis of the ores
147-
primary metasomatic alteration and mineralization
155-
oxidation and secondary concentration
159-
genesis of the ores
160- age of
the ores
161- future
of the district
163- index
geologic
cross-sections
map I-
regional geology
mapII- major
structural blocks
mapIII-
mining areas