Greaterville Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Greaterville Mining District | Mining District |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~51km
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Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 152-153.
Drewes, H.D. (1971) Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 658-C, 81 p.
Drewes, H.D. (1971) Geologic map of the Mount Wrightson quadrangle, southeast of Tucson, Santa Cruz and Pima Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-614, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.
Drewes, H.D. (1972) Cenozoic rocks of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 746, 66 p.
Drewes, H.D. (1972) Structural geology of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 748, 35 p., scale 1:12,000, 4 sheets.
Drewes, H.D. (1973) Geochemical reconnaissance of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1365, 67 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 55.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-onyx marble (travertine) mining area located in T.20S., R.15E., on the eastern slope of the Santa Rita Mountains. This district is only partly in Santa Cruz County, to the North of Gardner Canyon. The northern portion of the district is in southern Pima County.
Mineralization is varied: (1): Irregular and spotty copper and minor lead and zinc minerals with silver and weak gold values. Deposits are oxidized near the surface. Mineralization is controlled by major fault zones and intrusive contacts in strongly folded and faulted Triassic and Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks intruded by Triassic (?) to Tertiary plugs and dikes; and, (2) Onyx marble (travertine) deposit in a solution cave in faulted slices of Permian limestone.
Workings include relatively small shaft and tunnel operations. Prospected and mined intermittently up into the 1960's. Total production would amount to some 2,000 tons of ore containing about 20 tons of copper, 6,300 oz. of silver, 12 oz. of gold and a few hundred pounds of lead. Only a small amount of onyx marble was extracted.
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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Colour: Brown Description: Material usually free of cracks. |
| ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx Formula: CaCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Limestone Onyx | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Flos Ferri | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
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Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Santa Rita MountainsMountain Range
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Onyx Cave, Greaterville Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA