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Butterfly Mountain Area Mica deposit (Enid Station), Butterfly Mountain area, Santa Cruz, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Butterfly Mountain Area Mica deposit (Enid Station)Deposit
Butterfly Mountain areaArea
Santa CruzVillage
Gila River Indian ReservationReservation
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 14' 27'' North , 112° 11' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.24083,-112.19306
GeoHash:
G#: 9tbjngr9b
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Gila Crossing621 (2011)4.7km
Komatke821 (2011)6.1km
Laveen5,930 (2018)13.7km
Ahwatukee Foothills83,464 (2018)22.4km
Tolleson7,008 (2017)24.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Rockhounds West ClubPhoenix, Arizona26km
Flagg Mineral FoundationMesa, Arizona39km
West Valley Rock & Mineral ClubBuckeye, Arizona39km
Mineralogical Society of ArizonaParadise Valley, Arizona41km
Mindat Locality ID:
130933
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:130933:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A mica-silica occurrence located in sec. 19, T2S, R2E, about 1¼ miles E of Butterfly Mountain and about 1¼ miles W of Santa Cruz, on Indian Reservation land.

Mineralization is a pegmatititic quartz vein with muscovite books hosted in schist. Flawed muscovite.

Production in the past of trimmed mica, scrap mica, and ground mica.

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10099395

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References

USGS Montezuma Peak Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10099395, MRDS ID #TC10722; and Dep. ID #10283925, MAS ID #0040210207.
(1969) Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 180. Arizona Bureau of Mines
Moore, R.T. & R.J. Varga (1976), Maps showing nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Investigations map I-845-J, 1:250,000
Elevatorski, E.A. (1980) Arizona Industrial Minerals: 55.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
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