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Big Johnnie Gulch, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Big Johnnie GulchGulch
Copper HillHill
Globe Hills Mining DistrictMining Sub-district
Gila CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 35'' North , 110° 47' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Copper Hill108 (2011)1.9km
Globe7,396 (2017)3.6km
Central Heights-Midland City2,534 (2011)3.8km
Claypool1,538 (2011)5.6km
Pinal439 (2011)6.3km
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona8km
Mindat Locality ID:
274692
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:274692:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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14 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Description: As islands in chalcocite and shredlike remnants of chalcopyrite.
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Description: Replaces sphalerite and galena & is altered to covellite along boundaries with gangue minerals and specularite.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Description: Altered from chalcocite.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Description: Rounded masses invariably surrounded by sphalerite.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Habit: Plate-like
Description: Bunches and stringers in limonite; intergrown with quartz & all the sulfides, particularly sphalerite.
Hematite var. Specularite
Formula: Fe2O3
Habit: Plate-like
Description: Bunches and stringers in limonite; intergrown with quartz & all the sulfides, particularly sphalerite.
'Limonite'
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Manganite
Formula: Mn3+O(OH)
Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
Description: Occurs as bunches & stringers in specularite.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Description: Surrounds rounded masses of galena; replaced by chalcocite.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Pyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Manganite4.FD.15Mn3+O(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Ankerite5.AB.10Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
O AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O HematiteFe2O3
O ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O PyrolusiteMn4+O2
O QuartzSiO2
O RhodochrositeMnCO3
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
MgMagnesium
Mg AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SiSilicon
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcociteCu2S
S CovelliteCuS
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
MnManganese
Mn ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
Mn PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Mn RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Fe AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu CovelliteCuS
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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