Pride Mine, Osborne Well, Cienega Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Pride Mine | Mine |
| Osborne Well | Well |
| Cienega Mining District | Mining District |
| Buckskin Mountains | Mountain Range |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 18'' North , 114° 2' 18'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Parker Strip | 662 (2011) | 16.3km |
| Cienega Springs | 1,798 (2011) | 17.5km |
| Bluewater | 725 (2011) | 20.9km |
| Bluewater | 172 (2011) | 21.5km |
| Parker | 3,046 (2017) | 23.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society | Lake Havasu City, Arizona | 45km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Arizona Pride Mine
A small former underground Au-Ag-Cu-Fe mine located in North-central (SE¼NW¼) sec. 4, T9N, R17W, E of Osborne Wash, N of the New Standard Mine, 4 miles W of Planet Peak, on BLM-administered land. Owned at times, or in part, by Denton, Osborne. Produced 1911-1912.
Mineralization is small, irregular veins, disseminations, tabular replacements, and breccia fillings of azurite and malachite, with hematite, in thin marble layers on or near the intersection of faults and fractures with a thrust fault contact zone bringing Paleozoic limestone over Precambrian metamorphics. It is associated with low-angle detachment faulting; ore bodies are within and immediately above the flinty, chloritic, micro-brecciated detachment surface. Some concentration of gold occurred near the surface and chalcopyrite was reported in depth.
Workings reached a depth of 15.24 meters and consisted of a 50 foot shaft with several adit tunnels. This mine was prospected and worked sporadically from a shaft, from the early 1900's, but with only a few tens of tons of ore produced, averaging about 2 oz. Au/T, 0.2 oz. Ag/T and a little copper.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Dioptase Formula: CuSiO3 · H2O |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Dioptase | 9.CJ.30 | CuSiO3 · H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5309889 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109060 |
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10282395 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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References
Bancroft, H. (1911) Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Arizona. Bulletin 451. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b451 p.123
Pride Mine, Osborne Well, Cienega Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA