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Black Joe Mine (Gibson Mine), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 1' 41'' North , 113° 58' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.02806,-113.98278
GeoHash:
G#: 9mygyk862
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tacna602 (2011)36.8km
Wellton2,936 (2017)42.3km
Dateland416 (2011)48.6km
Fortuna Foothills26,265 (2011)57.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
33295
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33295:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former surface and underground Mn mine located in the North-central sec. 2, T5S, R17W (protracted), on federal land. Owned by Strugess.

Mineralization is numerous, lenticular, pockety, and narrow pyrolusite stringers with calcite, in shattered Cretaceous or Tertiary andesitic volcanics along a shear zone.

Workings included a shallow shaft and open cuts. Small lots of picked 30% Mn ore were shipped in the 1950's.

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Description: Occurs in numerous lenticular, pockety and narrow pyrolusite stringers in shattered volcanics.
ⓘ Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
Description: As numerous, lenticular, pockety, and narrow stringers with calcite in shattered volcanics.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘPyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
MnManganese
Mnⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10113394

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10113394, MAS ID #0040270203; and, Dep. ID #10162195, MAS ID #0040270112.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 192. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology p.118 - Table 4
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
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