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Minerals Alaska - Arizona

Dora
Alabama Mining Museum
120 East Street
Dora AL 35062
Phone 205 648-2442
Web Site www.ua.edu/academic/museums/history/
Description History of coal and other mining
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Field of Study Science Facility Minerals
Industry /Profession Mining
Era 1890-1940

  Arkansas

  Bauxite

  Bauxite Museum

  PO Box 242

  Bauxite AR  72011    

  Phone   501 557-5318

  Web Site  *****

  Alt Web  http://rockhoundingar.com/sitestosee.html

  Description  story of the town named after the ore that aluminum comes from

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Local history

  Field of Study/Science Facility  Minerals

  Industry /Profession Mining

  Collection A-F Aluminum

  New or Updated: 10/27/2004

  AZ

  Phoenix

  Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum

  1502 West Washington St

  Phoenix AZ   85007    

  Phone   602 255-3795

  Web Site  http://www.admmr.state.az.us/

  Alt Web  http://www.azminfun.com/

  Description

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Field of Study/Science Facility  Minerals

  Industry /Profession Mining

  New or Updated:  4/17/2006
 

  AZ

  Tucson

  U of AZ Mineral  Museum

  Flandrau Science Center

  Univesrity of Arizona

  Tucson  AZ   85721    

  Phone  520 621-4227

  Web Site www.geo.arizona.edu/minmus/

  Description  over 200 minerals on display, two meteorites, all in 10 major exhibits

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Field of Study/Science Facility  Minerals

  Industry /Profession Mining

  New or Updated:  10/5/2006

Wickenburg
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
21 N Frontier Street
Wickenburg AZ 85390
Phone 520 684-2272
Web Site http://www.westernmuseum.org/
E-mail mailto:email: info@westernmuseum.org
Description artifacts, period rooms, blacklight mineral room
Type of Resource Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Minerals
Collection A-F Baskets
Collection N-Z Painting
Group Identity Native American
New or Updated: 04/01/2003