Dos Cabezas Queen Mine (Dos Cabezas Mine), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 12' 29'' North , 109° 37' 36'' West
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 38km |
A former small underground Au-Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Graphite mine located in the NE ¼ sec. 19 and the SW¼ sec. 18 and the NE¼ sec. 19, T.14S., R.27E, approximately 2 miles NW of Dos Cabezas, on private land. First produced 1988. Owned by the Dives Mining Co.
Mineralization is scattered pyritic gold ore with sparse base metal sulfides in quartz-calcite filling of a fault fissure zone in slightly graphitic Cretaceous shale.
Workings include adit workings. A small tonnage was produced in the early 1900's. roduction included with the production from the Dives Mine in ABGMT-USBM data.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C Description: Occurs in slightly graphitic Cretaceous shale wall rocks. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046181 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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