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Green Hill Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 47' 13'' North , 113° 39' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.78722,-113.66056
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Salome1,530 (2011)4.3km
Vicksburg597 (2011)9.7km
Wenden728 (2011)11.7km
Utting126 (2011)21.7km
Brenda676 (2011)28.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
33472
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33472:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former surface and underground W-Cu mine located in the SW¼ sec. 7, T5N, R13W (Salome 15 minute topo map), on land of unknown status. Owned and operated by Gary & Adams of Arizona (1955).

Mineralization is sparse, sporadic scheelite grains and masses in narrow, discontinuous quartz veins in Mesozoic granite intrusive. Narrow, discontinuous diabase dikes. Copper oxides and staining.

Workings include pits and a shaft. Some 7 tons of scheelite ore was shipped in the mid-1950's.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)

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OOxygen
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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References

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data
Dale, V.B. (1959) Tungsten deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona. Report of Investigations 5516. United States Bureau of Mines p.10-11.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 192. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Niemuth, Nyal J.; Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
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