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Muheim Mine (Zinc Basin Mine; White Metal Mine; White Tail Mine; Grant group), Middle Pass Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Muheim Mine (Zinc Basin Mine; White Metal Mine; White Tail Mine; Grant group)Mine
Middle Pass Mining DistrictMining District
Cochise CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 52' 54'' North , 109° 58' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.88194,-109.98167
GeoHash:
G#: 9t9v37cvc
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dragoon209 (2011)17.1km
Tombstone1,312 (2017)20.5km
Saint David1,699 (2011)22.1km
Sunizona281 (2011)31.0km
Benson4,888 (2017)31.0km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona15km
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona47km
Mindat Locality ID:
32799
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32799:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small surface and underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Cu-Bi-Cd mine located in East-central sec. 10, T.18S., R.23E, ½ mile south of China Peak. Produced 1924-1929. E.G. Escapule (1929) and J.M. Muheim, Bisbee (1942), operators.

Mineralization is a replacement deposit of secondary lead and zinc ores in a strongly oxidized pyrometasomatic environment in badly deformed Cretaceous Bisbee Group limy beds along a strong thrust fault.

Workings include an adit. About 200 or more tons of ore were produced in the 1920's.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘHemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
ZnZinc
Znⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048124, MRDS ID #M800151; and, Dep. ID #10282869, MAS ID #0040030190.
Miller, C.P. (1913) unpublished notes of the San Juan group (available thru Colorado School of Mines Library): 1.
Cederstrom, D.J. (1946a) Geology of the central Dragoon Mountains, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 93 p.: 89.
(1951, July) Arizona Zinc and Lead Deposits - Part II. University of Arizona Bulletin 158. Arizona Bureau of Mines
Anaconda Geology Document Collection (1952) document 8019.
Gilluly, James (1956) General geology of central Cochise County, Arizona, with sections on age and correlation, by A.R. Palmer, J.S. Williamson, and J.B. Reeside, Jr.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 281, 169 p., 13 sheets, scale 1:62,500.
Cooper, J.R. (1962) Bismuth in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-22, 19 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:3,168,000.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.69 - Table 4
The Mining Record (1992), Vol. 103(15), April 8: 1.
Chatman, M.L. (1993) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 30-93: 28-29, D74-D75.
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