Montana-Arizona Mine, Reid Valley, Rawhide Mountains Wilderness Area, Alamo Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 12' 11'' North , 113° 38' 37'' West
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
January group; Arizona Montana Mine
A former underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located in the SE¼ sec. 18, T10N, R13W (Ives Peak 15 minute topo map), on 9 patented claims, located in the Bluebell sub-district, on land of unknown status. Started July, 1906 and operated intermittently until 1937. Owned and operated by Messrs. Rogers and Albere (1905; and, by Messrs. Crockett and Gibbons (1937).
Production comprised about 170 tons of ore averaging 6% Cu, 0.8 oz. Ag/T and 0/.1 oz Au/T.
A Cu-Ag-Au mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 18, T.10N, R.13W. Owned at times, or in part, by Crockett & Gibbons, Rogers & Albere and the Montana-Arizona Copper Co.
Mineralization is copper carbonates, with some copper sulfides in depth, in several fissure veins in deformed and faulted Precambrian schist and gneiss. Some Laramide monzonite intrusions and relict metamorphosed Paleozoic limestone exposures. There are some local high gold values.
This mine was worked intermittently, from about 1902 to 1937, by double compartment shaft and levels, producing some 170 tons of ore averaging about 6% Cu, 0.8 oz. Ag/t and 0.1 oz. Au/t.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Description: As coatings on fracture surfaces in fault zones. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5551711 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10161714 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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