Helvetia, Arizona – The Firefly Forest

Helvetia, Arizona, located south of Tucson in the northern foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, was a copper mining camp in the 1800s and early 1900s. When copper prices fell, the mines and smelter were closed. The Helvetia post office was closed in 1921, and the town was abandoned not long after. Helvetia is now a ghost town with …

White Mountains (Arizona)

The White Mountains are located in Arizona's Transition Zone, a northwest-trending escarpment of mountainous terrain bounded by the Colorado Plateau to the north and the Great Basin to the south. As such, the White Mountains share many topographic and geologic characteristics with both regions. Several prominent mountain ranges and …

Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, …

Omega Mine (Omega tunnel; Omega Extension Mine), Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA Description: Occurs in …

Helvetia, Arizona

Looking east from ridge of Tiptop Mountain, showing several mine locations. Pima County, Arizona. 1909. USGS map of southeastern Arizona including Helvetia, circa 1910.

Geologic map of McDowell Mountains, central …

The 1:12,000 scale geologic map of the McDowell Mountains in south-central Arizona, Maricopa County, represents more than 10 years of work by Steve Skotnicki - see figure 1 below. The map area is 184 square …

Mine Tales: Helvetia-Rosemont area is important in Arizona…

Mining activity in the Santa Rita Mountains has existed for several hundred years, beginning with the Spanish in the 18th century at the silver and gold mines of Salero and Alto. Located 28 miles ...

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90+° 8am - 6pm kills. Mineral Mountain Loop is a 9 mile round trip hike with 1,388 feet accumulated elevation gain. Located 32 miles east-southeast of Mesa Arizona. A high clearance vehic.

Helvetia

The files focus primarily on Arizona and other states in the Southwest. James Sell graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1955 and earned his master's degree from the University of Arizona. ... Empire Mountains - 15 Min. T18S R16E Sec 19 NE. Santa Rita Mts. physiographic area. Pima449. Time Keywords: 1950s. 1990s. Start Date: 1957 …

Review 'Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona's Hardscrabble Mining …

David Briggs tells a compelling story of the Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona from the 1690s to the present day. The paper describes the history of the Helvetia subdistrict on the west side of the mountains and the Rosemont subdistrict on the east side of the mountains.

History of Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima …

The Helvetia-Rosemont mining district was officially established on April 16, 1878. The completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad to Tucson in 1880 and the New Mexico and …

Aurichalcite | Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, …

Item Description. A fine quality example of Aurichalcite from the Omega Mine near Helvetia, Arizona Featuring rich coatings of bright turquoise colored hemispherical Aurichalcite structures with minor accessory Azurite and off-white Calcite on oxidized matrix. The piece looks very nice under magnification.

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Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining

A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn-Au-Mn-W-Mo mine located in West-central sec. 24, T18S, R15E, on the steep southwest slope of Monument Mountain, nearly 1½ miles east of Helvetia and a ¼ mile south of the Isle Royal Mine, and a few miles south of the present-day town of Sahuarita, at about 5,100 feet of altitude.

Omega Extension Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia …

Creasey, S.C. & G.L. Quick (1955), Copper deposits of part of Helvetia mining district, Pima County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1027-F: 320. Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 127 (Table 4). Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

History of Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, …

The Helvetia sub-district is located along the western flank of the Santa Rita mountains, while the Rosemont sub-district is located on the eastern flank of the range. The …

Review 'Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona's Hardscrabble Mining …

David Briggs tells a compelling story of the Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona.

11 Most Beautiful Mountain Towns in Arizona

Jerome. Whether you're interested in Arizona's mining history, sipping wines from regional vineyards, or the hybrid art styles displayed in local galleries, Jerome is an excellent choice for your next vacation. This Arizona alpine town, dappling its way up the hillside, is sure to impress even the pickiest traveler.

Paper Review: 'Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona's Hardscrabble …

David Briggs tells a compelling story of the Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona from the 1690s to the present day. The paper …

Geology of the Northern Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite. In the Helvetia quadrangle, the Elephant Head pluton is a leucocratic syenogranite containing potassium-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, biotite, and magnetite. The texture ranges from fine-grained porphyritic to medium-grained quartz monzonite (Ferguson et al., 2009).

Helvetia, Arizona – The Firefly Forest

Helvetia, Arizona, located south of Tucson in the northern foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, was a copper mining camp in the 1800s and early 1900s. When …

Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima

Mining Area. Köppen climate type: BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate. A mining camp located in the SE part of the Helvetia-Rosemont District, about 4 miles SE of Helvetia. It contains 20 or more mining properties. These properties are mostly on the upper east slope of the range and some of them joining the Helvetia properties at the crest.

Review 'Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona's Hardscrabble Mining …

The paper describes the history of the Helvetia subdistrict on the west side of the mountains and the Rosemont subdistrict on the east side of the mountains. It is a …

Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona…

Chrysocolla Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA. ⓘ Chrysocolla. Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5) (OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1. Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. Copper Exile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA.

History of Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona

Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report, CR-14-D, p. This article presents the history of the Helvetia-Rosemont mining district from 1875 until December 2013. The pre-World War II history of the area deals with the settlers, the early mining camps where they lived, and the mining ventures that developed and worked many of its early mines.

Paper Review: 'Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona's Hardscrabble …

I was invited to write a review of a new paper by fellow geologist David Briggs. This review appears in Arizona Geology e-Magazine. David Briggs tells a compelling story of the Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona from the 1690s to the present day. The paper describes the history of the...

This Southern Arizona Ghost Town Was a Short-Lived Hippie …

Located approximately 40 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona, and situated in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, Helvetia is a ghost town that holds significant significance in Arizona's…

Active Mines in Arizona

This is the first directory of active mines since the Arizona Dept of Mines and Mineral Resources released Directory of Active Mines in Arizona (2007). Background This work fulfills recently amended sections 9-461.05, 11-804, and 27-106 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, which go into effect on August 13, 2019 following Governor Ducey signing H.B ...

Helvetia

Helvetia's post office was established December 12, 1899 and discontinued December 31, 1921. Situated below the Santa Rita Mountains, Helvetia's population was mostly Mexican, about 300 of them. A 150 ton smelter worked copper from the mines but did not prove successful. in 1911 the mines shut down due to the drop in the price of copper.

Superstition Mountains and Geology of Central Arizona

The Superstition Mountains just east of Phoenix are a complex set of eruption calderas. Topics in this area were volcano explosion mechanics, pyroclastic and flow deposits, mechanics of caldera collapse, chemistry and origin of magmas, and igneous emplacement mechanisms. Other igneous highlights included stops at the Catalina Granite Pluton ...

10 best things to do in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona

Fossil Creek Creamery. The Ranch at Fossil Creek is one of those unlikely Arizona spots, a rural throwback nestled in the tall pines of the Rim. The shady 15 acres teeming with goats and llamas ...

Mine Tales: Helvetia-Rosemont area is …

Mining activity in the Santa Rita Mountains has existed for several hundred years, beginning with the Spanish in the 18th century at the silver and gold mines of Salero and Alto. Located 28 miles ...

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Here's the history of Ruelas Ranch and Spring near Tucson

In the early 1900s, Ruelas settled a few miles south of the Helvetia mining camp and just west of the mouth of Box Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains and drove about 800 cattle down this rugged ...

Helvetia-Rosemont District – Western Mining History

The Helvetia-Rosemont District is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona. About the MRDS Data: All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources …

The 10 Tallest Peaks in Arizona

The 12,356 ft tall Agassiz Peak is Arizona's second tallest mountain. Also located in the San Francisco Peaks range, Agassiz Peak is the southernmost peak in the contiguous United States with an elevation of more than 12,000 ft. The peak was named after famous American biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz. Hiking above the treeline …

Discovering Helvetia: Arizona's Abandoned Mining Town

The abandoned mining town of Helvetia in Pima County, Arizona is a fascinating relic of the state's industrial past. Once a thriving community of mostly Mexican immigrants, …