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Unnamed Fe-Cu prospect 118-18, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Unnamed Fe-Cu prospect 118-18Prospect
Amole Mining DistrictMining District
Tucson MountainsMountain Range
Pima CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 16' 0'' North , 111° 9' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tucson Estates12,192 (2011)10.8km
Picture Rocks9,563 (2011)12.2km
Flowing Wells16,419 (2011)14.1km
Valencia West9,355 (2011)15.5km
Casas Adobes66,795 (2011)16.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Old Pueblo Lapidary ClubTucson, Arizona22km
Tucson Gem and Mineral SocietyTucson, Arizona22km
Mindat Locality ID:
189293
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189293:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Fe-Cu occurrence/prospect with surface workings located in sec. 30, T13S, R12E, on National Park property.

Mineralization is a tabular, massive magnetite body 60 meters long and 2 meters wide, hosted in arkose. The magnetite gives way to a small amount of epidote-calcite skarn with minor Cu silicate on fractures. Some gossan occurs with the magnetite - former from associated massive pyrite? Alteration includes pyrite-gossan; skarn; and magnetite. An associated rock unit is quartz monzonite.

Workings include a cut. The cut is at the lower (S) end of the magnetite body.

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'Copper Stain'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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