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Scanlon Mine (Scanland mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Scanlon Mine (Scanland mine)Mine
California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District)Mining District
Chiricahua MountainsMountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 59' 17'' North , 109° 12' 6'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rodeo101 (2015)23.3km
San Simon165 (2011)31.2km
Cotton City388 (2011)32.4km
Animas237 (2011)37.4km
Sunizona281 (2011)44.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
32199
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32199:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small underground Pb-Cu-Zn-Ag mine located on 12 claims (in 1907), in the SE ¼ sec. 32, T.16S., R.31E, about 5 miles NE of Paradise and ½ mile SW of Harris Mountain.

Mineralization is a contact metamorphic deposit with small stringer orebodies of base metal oxides, carbonates, and sulfides along mineralized stringers in Paleozoic limestone and Cambrian Bolsa Quartzite, cut by intrusive porphyry dikes. Four orebodies are present, 30 feet wide vein with chalcopyrite reported in 1907.

Local structures include a Tertiary volcanic and intruisive event associated with district mineralization.

Workings consist of a 125 foot deep inclined shaft, and a tunnel 300 feet long. A small tonnage of ore was produced in the late 1890's.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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