Moro Mine group, Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 5'' North , 113° 48' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bouse | 996 (2011) | 30.3km |
| Utting | 126 (2011) | 35.5km |
| Parker Strip | 662 (2011) | 36.6km |
| Cienega Springs | 1,798 (2011) | 38.5km |
| Bluewater | 725 (2011) | 42.0km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Big Horn group
Ref.: Bancroft, H. (1911), Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 451: 65-66.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 173 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10102535, MRDS ID #M003774; and, Dep. ID #10137887, MAS ID #0040120349.
A small former underground Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Fe group of mines located in the center of sec. 3, T9N, R15W, about 3 miles S of the Bill Williams River, on BLM-administered land. Owned at times, or in part, by Clara Consolidated Gold & Copper Mining Co.; Wilton-Grant Ores & Metals Co.; Reyco Development Corp. of Arizona; Tegler; and the Hayler Mining Industries. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 34.15056N, 113.81667W; and 34.1514N, 113.8081W.
Mineralization is copper silicates and carbonates, minor chalcocite, and sparse leaf gold, with abundant calcite, quartz, gypsum and hematite along the contact between underlying Precambrian gneiss and an overlying band of Paleozoic limestone, capped by Laramide tuff and sandstone. The ore occurs above the gneiss in and above the conglomerate which marks the base of the tuff and sandstone sediments.
Workings include an inclined shaft and 2 adits totalling 60.96 meters in length and 15.24 meters deep. This mine group was worked sporadically from the early 1900's to the mid-1950's. They produced some 2,300 tons of ore averaging about 3% Cu and minor silver and gold.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: As sparse leaf gold. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102535 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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