Geology Resources

• Arizona State Geological Survey
• Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources (ADMMR) – Mineral Resources
  • List of Available Publications (Directories, Special Reports, Mineral Reports, County Mine Maps and Data, Open File Reports, Circulars, Maps, and Non-ADMMR Publications)
  • Arizona – Minerals and Mining
  • Arizona Mining Industry Links (including “Industrial Minerals” and “Crushed and Building Stone” sections)
• Arizona, USA, on mindat.org
• Arizona Gemstone Mining, by Hobart M. King, PhD, GIA Graduate Gemologist, on Geology.com.
• Arizona Mines Collection, on the Arizona Memory Project, contributed by the Arizona Geological Survey.
• “Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum” section of Wikipedia.  “The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, was a museum focused on minerals and mining.  Last operated by the Arizona Historical Society, a state government agency, its exhibits included more than 3,000 minerals, rocks, fossils, and artifacts related to the mining industry…The museum closed in May 2011.  In April 2017, legislation was passed to reopen the museum under the ownership of the University of Arizona.”
• Arizona Mining and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior.
• Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, presented on Wikipedia.
• Arizona State Minerals Information (United States Geological Survey)
• Arizona State University – Department of Geological Sciences
• Arizona Geology:  blog of the State Geologist of Arizona
• Arizona Geology, by Stephen J. Reynolds, geology professor at Arizona State University.
• Arizona Geology Virtual Tourist, by Stephen J. Reynolds, geology professor at Arizona State University.
• Arizona’s U. S. Geological Survey Mineral-Resources Archive in Tucson, Arizona – “Three Western-Mineral-Resources Archives,” by Karen Bolm, Dave Frank, and Jill L. Schneider, U. S. Geological Survey.  (This article includes the history of these three archives, photographs, and contact information.)
  

   “Meeting the challenge of balancing America ’s needs for both nonrenewable resources and a clean, healthy environment requires accurate and unbiased scientific data. The ongoing work of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists provides information crucial to the creation of sound public policies that will ensure future supplies of mineral resources while protecting the health of our Nation’s citizens. Three archives, in Anchorage, Alaska, Spokane, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona, are maintained by the USGS to help policymakers, industry leaders, government officials, elected representatives, and the general public make informed decisions on mineral issues based on accurate, up-to-date, and impartial mineral-resource information….”

• Bedrock Geological Map of Arizona, presented by Andrew Alden on About: Geology.
• Center for Mineral Resources
• Moenkopi Sandstone Images (photographs), Don Baccus, Photography.
• National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
• Northern Arizona University – Geology Department
• Paleogeography and Geologic History, presented on the Northern Arizona University web site.
• “Rainbow of Rocks:  Mysteries of Sandstone Colors and concretions in Colorado Plateau Canyon Country,” by Marjorie A. Chan and William T. Parry, Public Information Series 77, Utah Geological Survey. (This link is no longer available, although you can read the publication on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
• Robert S. Dietz Museum of Geology – Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404; Phone (480) 965-7065.
• Science In Your Backyard: Arizona
• The University of Arizona – Department of Geoscience
  • University of Arizona Mineral Museum, on Wikipedia.
  • “Mineral collection goes on display at UA,” by Alan Fischer on Jan. 28, 2008,

The Arizona Stone Industry

• 1882 – The Arizona Stone Industry in 1882, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Years 1882, J. S. Powell, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1883.
• 1883 and 1884 – The Arizona Stone Industry, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Years 1883 and 1884 (PDF images of sections), Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1885.
• 1885 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry in 1885 (transcription), excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1885 (PDF images of sections), David T. Day, Geologist, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpt from the chapter on “Structural Materials,” by H. S. Sproull.
• 1886 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry in 1886 (transcription), excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1886 (PDF images of sections), David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpts from the chapter on “Structural Materials,” by William C. Day.
• 1887 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1887, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1887 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1888
• 1888 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1888, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1888 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1890
• 1889 and 1890 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1889, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1889 and 1890 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1892
• 1891 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1891, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1891 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1893
• 1892 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1892, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1892 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1893
• 1892 – “Arizona Onyx,” “The Mexican Onyx Quarries,” & “Mexican Marble,” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, October 1892
• 1893 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1893, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1893 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1894
• 1894 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1894, Excerpts from Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part IV. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1894, Nonmetallic Products, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894.
• 1895 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1895, Excerpts from Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part III. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1895, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896.
• 1896 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1896, Excerpts from Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part V. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1896, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
• 1897 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1897, Excerpts from Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part V. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1896, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898.
• 1898 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1898, Excerpts from Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey
  (PDF images of sections), Part VI. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1898, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal and Coke. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899.
• 1899 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1899, Excerpts from Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey
  (PDF images of sections), Part VI. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1899, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal and Coke. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901.
• 1900 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1900, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1900
  (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1901
• 1901 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1901, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1901
  (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1902
• 1902 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1902, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1902 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1904.
• 1903 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1903, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1903 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1904.
• 1904 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1904, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1904 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1905.
• 1905 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1905, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1905 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1906.
• 1906 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1906, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1906 (PDF images of sections), George Otis Smith, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1907.
• 1907 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1907, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1907 (PDF images of sections), Part II.  Nonmetallic Products, George Otis Smith, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey,  Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1908.
• 1908 – The Arizona Stone and Building Industry, 1908 (transcription), excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1908
  (PDF images of sections), Part II – Nonmetallic Products, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909. Excerpts from the chapters on: 1) “Slate,” by A. T. Coons, and 2) “Stone,” by A. T. Coons.
• 1961 – Stone in Arizona an Economic Study for Arizona Develoment Board, by Roland C. Townsend, 1961.
• 1971 – The Mineral Industry of Arizona in 1971, Bulletin No. 188, by L. Moore.
• Arizona Mining Update Annual Series 1997 – 2007, Annual Mining Review, by N. J. Niemuth, D. Bain, and K. A. Phillips.
  • Arizona Mining Update – 1997 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 1998 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 1999 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2000 – 2001 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update 2002 – 2003 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2003 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2004 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2005 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2006 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • Arizona Mining Update – 2007 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
• 1998 – Arizona Mining Update, A review of mining activity in Arizona. C77. Includes gold, copper, gemstone, industrial mineral, and coal activity. “Sandstone is quarried and worked for flagstone. Schist, limestone, marble, rhyolite, gneiss, and granite are quarried for decorative stone.” (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
• 1999 – Arizona Mining Update for 1999, by K.A. Phillips, N.J. Niemuth, and D. Bain, adapted from Circular No. 87, July, 2000. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Minerals Resources web site.)
• 2000 and 2001 – Arizona Mining Update for 2000 and 2001. A review of mining activity in Arizona during 2000 and 2001. C100 Describes copper, gemstone, industrial mineral, and coal mines as well as mineral exploration and government news. Includes a map of principal producers by commodity. Scale 1:3,000,000. (Arizona Department of Mines and Minerals Resources web site.)
• Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources – List of Available Publications (Directories, Special Reports, Mineral Reports, County Mine Maps and Data, Open File Reports, Circulars, Maps, and Non-ADMMR Publications)
• Arizona Geological Survey Mining Collection Inventory
• Arizona Geological Survey Photo Archive Inventory
• The Arizona Mining Association (Below is just a few of the resources available on this web site.)
  • AMA Mission Statement
    

    “To be the primary advocate of the Arizona mining industry through promoting sound public policy at all levels of government, educating the public about the benefits of mining and supporting the sustainability of a safe and responsible mining industry.”

  • Education
    • “A History of Mining in Arizona” Booklet.  The mission, means and memories of Arizona miners.
    • Mineral Resources Database
    • Minerals Education Coalition
    • Mining and Minerals Information
    • Mining in Arizona – Key Facts
    • Reclamation Stories
    • Understanding Minerals – Mining through Education
• Arizona Mining – Mineral Resources and Mining – Arizona Resources / Mining in Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey.
• Arizona’s Mining Attractions, Arizona.
• Coconino Sandstone – Arizona Geologic History – The Coconino Sandstone (by Jan C. Rasmussen, Ph.D.) The Coconino – Arizona’s Ancient Desert, by Jan C. Wilt, 1968. “Most Arizona flagstones are quarried near Drake and Ashfork from the buff colored sandstone named the Coconino Sandstone.” (The web site from which this information was obtained is no longer available.) <http://www.janrasmussen.com/Coconino.html>
• Directory of Active Mines in Arizona 2001-2002, D49, by K. Phillips, N. Niemuth, and D. Bain, 2002. The listings are alphabetical, giving company name, address, key personnel, mine name, and location. A separate listing of sand and gravel operations is provided. Includes 1:1,000,000 scale map showing the locations of the active mines, and mine offices. 31 p. (Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources)
• Directory of Active Mines in Arizona 2007, by N. Niemuth, D. Bain, and F. Kimbler, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Document Repository.
• Discovery Channel School (Worldbook) Coal, sand and gravel, and crushed stone are also important mined products in Arizona. Pima and Yavapai counties have large stone quarries. (The above information is no longer available on the DiscoverySchool.com web site). <http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook.html>.
• Eighty-Ninth (sic) Annual Report For the Year 2002, Office of the Arizona State Mine Inspector. (This publication includes a list of operating mines in Arizona.)
• Geology and Mineral Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines, U. S. Geological Survey.
• Industrial Minerals in Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey.
• Map Showing Quarry Sites & Major Transportation Routes (circa 1962) in Stone In Arizona, (in PDF) by Roland C. Townsend, Consulting Geologist, Phoenix, Arizona, 1962. Originally prepared by the Arizona Development Board. 50 pp. (A reprint is offered from the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources: List of Available Publications.) (Stone in Arizona is available in PDF format on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources web site.)
  

  Following is a partial list of the Contents of Stone In Arizona: (III) General: History, Present uses, Industry economic status, Exploration, and Production and values; (IV) Resources: (A) Sandstone: Geology and area extent, Coconino sandstone, Structure, Composition and physical character, Production, Shipping, Costs, Specifications, products, trends in use, Problems, Moenkopi formation, DeChelly sandstone; (B) Marble: Geology and areal extent, Composition and physical character, Production, products, shipping, and costs, Specifications and trends, Problems; (C) Tuff: Terminology and general geology, Character of representative deposits, Production, and Problems; (D) Granite; (E) Slate; (F) Limestone; (G) Schist; (H) Miscellaneous stone: Rhyolite and porphyry, Basalt and scoria, Travertine, tufa, and onyx marble, Quartzite and quartz, Jasper, Copper stained rock, Magnesite, Serpentine; (V) Available Stone – Land Status and Acquisition of Mining Rights; (VI) Transportation & Freight Rates: Railroads and Trucking; (VII) Labor Market; (VIII) Depletion Allowance, Taxes, and Insurance; (IX) Potential; (X) Glossary; (XI) Annotated Bibliography; (XII) Agencies Concerned with Stone Industry; Map – Showing quarry sites and major transportation routes.)

• Lime Rocks, Bulletin No. 46, Economic Series No. 13, by F. L. Culin, Jr.
• The Mineral Industries of Arizona: A Brief History of the Development of Arizona’s Mineral Resources, Bulletin No. 169, T. G. Chapman.
• The Mineral Industry of Arizona
• Mining in Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey.
• Moenkopi Sandstones (photographs) Don Baccus, Photography.
• Principal Producers of Dimension Stone in the United States in 1995, by State – Table 1.
  U.S. Department of the Interior – U.S. Geological Survey – Mineral Industry Surveys.
• Principal Producers of Dimension Stone – Arizona

• Uses of Limestone in Modern Life, Arizona Mining Association.  [Sources: National Lime Association (www.lime.org); & Singleton Birch Ltd (http://www.singletonbirch.co.uk/lime/uses)]
• What is mined in Arizona, Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, the University of Arizona.

Printed, Online, & Video Sources

NOTE: Click “List of Available Publications” for the publications that are available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources publications list.

• • A Ground Stone Implement Quarry on The Lower Colorado River, Northwestern Arizona, by Bruce B. Huckell, publisher: Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1986.
  • Active Mines in Arizona – 2001-2002, MA-49, by K. Phillips, N. Niemuth, and D. Bain, 2002. Scale 1:1,000,000. Shows the locations of the active mines (except sand and gravel operations), plants and mine offices. (Map is also available with the Directory of Active Mines.)
  • “Arizona,” in Mines and Quarries 1902, Bureau of the Census Special Reports, 1905, pp. 170-172.  (Includes:  (1)  Table 1.  Character of inquiries concerning mines and quarries:  1850-1902, & (2)  Table 2.  Subjects included in Census reports concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902, etc.)
  • “Arizona,” in the “Mines and Quarries” section of Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910, Vol. XI, Mine and Quarries 1909, U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1913, pp. 47-49.
  • Arizona Gem and Mineral Show 2003-2004, C101. (Includes date, location, sponsoring group, contact person.)
  • Arizona Genealogical and Historical Research Guide: Early Sources for Southern Arizona Including the Areas of Cochise, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties,  by Barbara Salyer and Jean Banowit, Arizona State Genealogical Society, 2006.
  • Arizona Industrial Minerals, MR4, by K.A. Phillips, 1987. Covers 1400 known Arizona industrial mineral occurrences. The commodities included are mica, silica-quartz, specialty sand, pumice, limestone, salt, dolomite, clay, zeolites, fluorspar, feldspar, wollastonite, strontium, and others. Includes location tables and maps. 185 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Arizona Industrial Minerals and Their Processing Methods, C65, by K. A. Phillips, 1996. (Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources)
  • Arizona, Its People and Resources, ed. by Jack L. Cross, E. H. Shaw, and Kathleen Scheifele, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona: 1960, 385 pp.
  • Arizona Mineral Potential Map, M84-1, by K. A. Phillips and others, 1984. Scale 1:1,000,000. Map showing areas favorable for future discovery and development of mineral deposits for land use planning considerations. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Arizona Mining District Map, by E. Wilson, R. O’Haire, and F. McCoy, 1961. Scale 1:1,000,000. Originally compiled by Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Arizona Mining Scams and Unassayable Ore Projects of The Late 20th Century, OFR02-20, W. Scott Donaldson, 2002, 28 pp.
  • Arizona Mining Update Annual Series 1997 – 2007, Annual Mining Review, by N. J. Niemuth, D. Bain, and K. A. Phillips.
    • Arizona Mining Update – 1997, A review of mining activity in Arizona. C77. Includes gold, copper, gemstone, industrial mineral, and coal activity.
    • Arizona Mining Update – 1998 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 1999 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2000 and 2001. A review of mining activity in Arizona during 2000 and 2001. C100 Describes copper, gemstone, industrial mineral, and coal mines as well as mineral exploration and government news. Includes a map of principal producers by commodity. Scale 1:3,000,000.
    • Arizona Mining Update 2002 – 2003 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2003 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2004 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2005 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2006 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
    • Arizona Mining Update – 2007 (Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository Publication)
  • “Arizona Onyx,” “The Mexican Onyx Quarries,” & “Mexican Marble,” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, October 1892.
  • Arizona Rockhound Information, C92, by D. Bain. Includes information on mine tours, mineral collecting areas, gold panning, and a short bibliography.
  • AzMILS on Disk – The complete AzMILS database is available as dBase files on a 3.5″ PC-compatible disc. The databases can be sorted on any field or combination of fields, including commodities. Bibliographies include reference information on individual mines. Latitude and longitude is included for each occurrence for GPS use. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Bibliography of the Geology of Mineral Resources of Arizona, 1848-1964, Bulletin 173, by Richard T. Moore, and Eldred D. Wilson, The Arizona Bureau of Mines,Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1965.
  • Building Stone Quarries and Yards, Utah and Parts of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming, by D. E. Boleneus, Open File Report 521, Utah Geological Survey, 2008, 236 pp. (Locations:  Beaver, Box Elder, Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, and Wayne Counties.  Sections on:  1)  An inventory of stone operations and stone yards used for operational or retail purposes, 2)  An analysis of quarrying and processing methods and deposit characteristics of the stone, and 3)  An analysis of employment, distribution, and a market survey of Utah stone retail distributors, in addition to addressing demand factors of operating cost, wholesale price, retail price, and production rate.
  • Building Stones, by Frank Lewis Culin, Jr., publisher: Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona, Bureau of Mines, 1916. (Series: Arizona. State Bureau of Mines. Bulletin No. 40. Economic series No. 10.)
  • County Agencies Concerned with Mining & Mineral Resources In Arizona, 2000. C88. Includes a listing of all County Recorders’ addresses.
  • The Crushed Stone Industry Grows Up: A History of Mineral Material Trespass on Public Lands in Central Arizona, OFR02-18 by W. Scott Donaldson, 2002, 21 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Directory of Active Mines in Arizona 2000, D48 (directory) The listings are alphabetical, giving company name, address, key personnel, mine name, and location. A separate listing of sand and gravel operations is provided. Includes 1:1,000,000 map showing the locations of the active mines and mine offices. 31 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Directory of Active Mines in Arizona 2001-2, D49, by K. Phillips, N. Niemuth, and D. Bain, 2002. The listings are alphabetical, giving company name, address, key personnel, mine name, and location. A separate listing of sand and gravel operations is provided. Includes 1:1,000,000 scale map showing the locations of the active mines, and mine offices. 31 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Directory of Active Mines in Arizona 2007, by N. Niemuth, D. Bain, and F. Kimbler, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Document Repository.
  • Earth Science Clubs 2001 – 2002, C98, Includes rockhound, lapidary, and prospecting organizations.
  • Earth Science Clubs 2003 – 2004, C102, Includes rockhound, lapidary, and prospecting organizations.
  • Earth Science Clubs 2005 – 2006, C102, Includes rockhound, lapidary, and prospecting organizations.
  • Economic Geology of The Sierra Estrella, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona, OFR93-12, by E. B. Melchiorre, 1993. Includes site descriptions of metallic and nonmetallic resources. 29 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Eighty-Ninth Annual Report For the Year 2000, Office of the Arizona State Mine Inspector. (This publication includes a list of operating mines in Arizona.
  • Federal Agencies Concerned with Mining in Arizona, 2001. C89. Contains addresses, phone numbers, websites for the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and many other Federal agencies.
  • “Finding of Mosaics Points to Ancient Civilization in Southwest” (in Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona – from Stone, July 1925, pp. 419.  (The article begins: “The discovery of a cache of prehistoric mosaic work in the Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona, is announced by the Interior Department….”)

“Finding of Mosaics Points to Ancient Civilization in Southwest” (in Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona – from “Stone,” July 1925, pp. 419

• • From The Ground Up, SR19, by Gov. Jack Williams, 2nd ed. 1994. Colorful stories of Arizona’s early mineral discoveries and the men who made them. Includes tales of the Vulture, United Verde, Harquahala, Bisbee and others. 36 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • General Report on Sandstone Quarries Coconino and Yavapai Counties for Arizona State Tax Commission: with Valuation & Report, Mills Quarries, Inc., by James W. England (Jr.), 1952.
  • Geologic Map of Maricopa County, Arizona, by E. Wilson, R. Moore, and H. W. Peirce, 1957. Scale 1:375,000. Originally published by Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology. Blackline print. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Geologic Map of Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, by E. Wilson, R. Moore, and R. O’Haire, 1960. Scale 1:375,000. Originally published by Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology. Blackline print. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Geology and Mineral Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines, U. S. Geological Survey.
  • Guidebook I – Highways of Arizona: U.S. Highway 666, by E. D. Wilson, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 174, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona: 1965, 69 pp.
  • “A History of Mining in Arizona” Booklet.  The mission, means and memories of Arizona miners.
  • Industrial Minerals in Arizona’s Cultured Marble Industry, OFR91-6, by K.A. Phillips, 1991. The State’s cultured marble industry is described emphasizing the specifications and quantities of industrial minerals consumed. 11 p.
  • Laws and Regulations Governing Mineral Rights in Arizona, SR12, by V.H. Verity and L.D. Clark. 9th Edition, 1988, updated 1998.. A lay language interpretation of federal and state laws applicable to mineral rights within Arizona. Includes discussions and forms for locating (staking) and maintaining claims on both public domain and State-owned lands. 91 pp. (Claim forms only are contained in Circular 90.)
  • Lime Rocks, Bulletin No. 46, Economic Series No. 13, by F. L. Culin, Jr.
  • List of United States Geological Survey Publications Relating to Arizona, prepared by Olaf P. Jenkins, P. Wilson, and Eldred D. (prepared by) University of Arizona. State Bureau of Mines Bulletin, No.104, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, Bureau of Mines, 1920.
  • A Location Guide for Rockhounds, Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)
  • “Marble Prospects in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona,” by Sidney Paige, in Bulletin 380, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909, pp. 299-311.
  • “Marble Quarrying in Arizona,” in Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Chicago, Vol. V., No. 2, October 1910, pp. 440-442.
  • The Mineral Industry of Arizona
  • The Mineral Industries of Arizona: A Brief History of the Development of Arizona’s Mineral Resources, Bulletin No. 169, T. G. Chapman.
  • The Mineral Industry of Arizona in 1971, Bulletin No. 188, by L. Moore.
  • Mineralogy of Arizona, by John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard A. Bideaux, University of Arizona Press (Tucson), 1977 / 1982, Revised Reprinting, 246 pp.
  • Minerals, Fossils and Fluorescents of Arizona, A Field Guide for Collectors, by Neil R. Bearce, Arizona Desert Ice Press, 2006, 400 pp.  (Includes information on mineral collecting sites, fossils collecting sites, and fluorescents collecting sites.)
  • Minerals of Arizona, by F. W. Galbraith, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bullet 149, 115 pp.
  • “Mines and Quarries – Arizona,” Fourteenth Census of the United States, State Compendium, Arizona Statistics of Population, Occupations, Agriculture, Irrigation, Manufactures, and Mines and Quarries for the State, Counties, and Cities, 1924, pp. 85-89.
  • Mining Laws and Regulations, Changes and Revisions 2003, C104. Review of recent changes to mineral acquisition and surface management regulations. This information supersedes some information in SP12 Laws and Regulations Governing Mineral Rights in Arizona, 9th edition. Includes links to BLM and Forest Service information and forms.
  • Mining Scams, Adapted from Circular 59, by Michael N. Greeley, 1995. Discusses common features of mining scams and ways to avoid being a victim of one.
  • Natural Resources of Arizona, by U.S. Department of the Interior, Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, C.D., 1963, 52 pp.
  • Principal Deposits of Strategic and Critical Minerals in Arizona, ON-1, 1992. Published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. A compressive review of Arizona’s mineral commodities and infrastructure. 334 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • Publications of The Department of Mines and Mineral Resources from 1939 to 1990, OFR90-5, by D. Bain, 1990. 15 pp. (Available on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources List of Available Publications.)
  • “Report of the Acting Governor or Arizona,” (September 1891), The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the First Session of the Fifty-Second Congress, 1891-1892, pp. 281-319.
  • Roadside Geology of Arizona, by Halka Chronic, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, May 1983. Paperback, 321 pp., ISBN: 0878421475.
  • Rock to Riches: The Story of American Mining, Past, Present, and Future, as Reflected in the Colorful History of Mining in Arizona, the Nation’s Greatest bonanza, by Charles H. Dunning and E. H. Peplow, Jr., Southwest Publishing Co., Phoenix, Arizona, 1959, 406 pp.
  • The Scope of the Work of the Arizona State Bureau of Mines, Bulletin No. 2, Economic Series No. 2, by C. F. Willis.
  • Second Report of the Mineral Industries of Arizona, Bulletin No. 129, Biennial Review Series No. 2, by J. B. Tenney, July 1, 1930.
  • Services and Help From The Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, C10, by K. A. Phillips, 1985.
  • State Agencies Concerned With Mining & Mineral Resources in Arizona, 2000. C86. Contains names, addresses, and pertinent people at state agencies concerned with mines and mineral resources.
  • State Agencies Concerned With Mining & Mineral Resources in Arizona, adapted from Circular 109, January 2006 version 1.2. State of Arizona, Department of Mines and Mineral Resources,
  • Stone In Arizona, by Roland C. Townsend, Consulting Geologist, Phoenix, Arizona, 1962. Originally prepared by the Arizona Development Board. 50 pp. (A reprint is offered from the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources: List of Available Publications.) (Stone in Arizona is available in PDF format on the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources web site.)
    

    Following is a partial list of the Contents of Stone In Arizona: (III) General: History, Present uses, Industry economic status, Exploration, and Production and values; (IV) Resources: (A) Sandstone: Geology and area extent, Coconino sandstone, Structure, Composition and physical character, Production, Shipping, Costs, Specifications, products, trends in use, Problems, Moenkopi formation, DeChelly sandstone; (B) Marble: Geology and areal extent, Composition and physical character, Production, products, shipping, and costs, Specifications and trends, Problems; (C) Tuff: Terminology and general geology, Character of representative deposits, Production, and Problems; (D) Granite; (E) Slate; (F) Limestone; (G) Schist; (H) Miscellaneous stone: Rhyolite and porphyry, Basalt and scoria, Travertine, tufa, and onyx marble, Quartzite and quartz, Jasper, Copper stained rock, Magnesite, Serpentine; (V) Available Stone – Land Status and Acquisition of Mining Rights; (VI) Transportation & Freight Rates: Railroads and Trucking; (VII) Labor Market; (VIII) Depletion Allowance, Taxes, and Insurance; (IX) Potential; (X) Glossary; (XI) Annotated Bibliography; (XII) Agencies Concerned with Stone Industry; Map – Showing quarry sites and major transportation routes.)

  • Stone Landmarks – Flagstaff’s Geology and Historic Building Stones, by Marie Jackson, 1999, Peidra Azul Press, P. O. Box 371, Flagstaff, AZ 86002. Library of Congress 99-75764, 128 pp. (Includes a historic walking tour.)
  • “Stone Picks Found in Arizona,” in Stone, July 1925, pp. 428.

“Stone Picks Found in Arizona,” in Stone, July 1925, pp. 428

• The Technology of Marble Quarrying, U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, by Oliver Bowles, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.

Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, etc., in Arizona

(None available at this time.)