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Ash Creek deposit (Winkelman deposit), Little Gold Gulch, Winkelman area, Banner Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Ash Creek deposit (Winkelman deposit)Deposit
Little Gold GulchGulch
Winkelman areaArea
Banner Mining DistrictMining District
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 1' 28'' North , 110° 41' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.02444,-110.68806
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Winkelman346 (2017)8.7km
Hayden650 (2017)9.3km
Dudleyville959 (2011)10.1km
Kearny2,038 (2017)21.1km
Mammoth1,487 (2017)33.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona45km
Mindat Locality ID:
130664
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:130664:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A gypsum occurrence located in secs. 2 & 11, T5S, R16E, about 5 air miles NE of Winkelman on or near the boundary of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, and about 3½ air miles SSE of Christmas.

Mineralization is a gypsum deposit hosted in andesite.

Assay data: Almost pure gypsum and a little calcite. Grade and extent unknown.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Link to USGS MRDS:10060188

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References

USGS Christmas Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Monitor Group file-sketch.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Ash Creek claims file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10060188, MRDS ID #TC10146; and Dep. ID #10113262, MAS ID #0040210139.
Ross, Clyde P. (1925) Ore Deposits of the Saddle Mountain and Banner Mining Districts, Arizona, USGS Bull. 771
Keith, Stanton B. (1969), Gypsum, in USGS & AZ Bur. Mines, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 1969, Mineral and water resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1980) Arizona Industrial Minerals: 54.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Min. Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file.
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