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Burrel group of claims, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 1' 39'' North , 110° 4' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.02750,-110.06694
GeoHash:
G#: 9t9wpq7tw
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dragoon209 (2011)2.7km
Saint David1,699 (2011)19.5km
Benson4,888 (2017)22.5km
Whetstone2,617 (2011)27.1km
Willcox3,552 (2017)33.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona27km
Mindat Locality ID:
32280
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32280:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Burrell claim


A former small surface and underground Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-W mine located in sec. 23 and the NW ¼ sec. 25, T.16S., R.22E, 1¼ miles SW of Dragoon, on private land. First produced 1915. Owned by Lynn Burrell of Dragoon, AZ.

Mineralization is a vein deposit containing bornite and chalcopyrite with spotty galena, sphalerite and scheelite in a small quartz-calcite vein cutting partly silicified Pennsylvanian Horquilla Limestone with abundant thin beds of shale. The vein is coarsely crystalline grayish-white quartz, buff to brown calcite, irregular grains of scheelite and local concentrations of economic sulfides. An associated rock unit is the Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite. The ore zone is 76.2 meters long, 0.46 meters thick, strikes N50E, and dips 75 to 80NW. Cuprotungstite was noted.

Local structures include Tertiary block faulting trending NNW. Regionally, Late Cretaceous or Early Tertiary N- to NW-trending folds and thrust faults override to the NE.

Workings include shallow cuts and numerous pits and a shaft. Workings total 27.43 meters long and 15.24 meters deep. Before WWI this mine produced a small tonnage of copper-silver ore and some tungsten concentrates around 1917-1918; in 1940, 400 pounds of scheelite concentrates were produced.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ Cuprotungstite
Formula: Cu2(WO4)(OH)2
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
Description: Spotty.
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
Description: Spotty.
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Description: Spotty.

Gallery:

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
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
ⓘCuprotungstite7.GB.15Cu2(WO4)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ CuprotungstiteCu2(WO4)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ CuprotungstiteCu2(WO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
SSulfur
Sⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Feⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ CuprotungstiteCu2(WO4)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
WTungsten
Wⓘ CuprotungstiteCu2(WO4)(OH)2
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039398, MRDS ID #M050027; and, Dep. ID #10112670, MAS ID #0040030108.
Wilson, E.D. (1941), Tungsten deposits of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 148: 41.
Dale, V.B., et al (1960), Tungsten deposits of Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5650: 50.
Cooper, J.R. & L.T. Silver (1964), Geology and ore deposits of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona, USGS PP 416: 176-188.
Livingston, D.E., Damon, P.E., Mauger, R.L., Bennett, R., and Laughlin, A.W. (1967) Argon 40 in cogenetic feldspar-mica mineral assemblages: Journal of Geophysical Research: 72(4): 1361-1375.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.55 - Table 4
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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