Silver Camp Mine (McGinty Mine; Golden Belle Mine), Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 14' 13'' North , 109° 38' 44'' West
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 40km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Eldorado Mine; Parent Mine; Question Mine; Silver Camp group
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located on 8 patented and 8 unpatented claims in 1969, in the NW ¼ sec. 12, T.14S., R.27E. (R.26E. ?) (Simmons Peak 7.5 minute topo map), approximately 6 miles NE of Dos Cabezas, on private land. Produced 1885-1937. Owned by Ms Ethel M. Pidgeon (1969). Operated by the Parent Mining Co.
Mineralization is spotty copper oxides, and sulfides with magnetite and garnet in a fault block of pyrometamorphosed Paleozoic limestones cut by diabase dikes and with silver mineralization and some gold in a quartz-pyrite vein along a fault fissure and at diabase and rhyolite dike intersections. Major country rock is Laramide volcanics and intrusive granitic rock.
Local structures incolude a major N-S-trending fault running through the area. Mineralization is on the west, downthrown side.
Workings include a few thousand feet of work from tunnels and shafts. First claims in the district. Over 500 tons of ore were produced in the late 1880's. A few tens of tons were shipped in the 1930's.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: Occurs in quartz-pyrite veins. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046176 |
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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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