San Juan Mine (Moore shaft), Oro Blanco area mines (Oro Blanco Mine group), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 25' 5'' North , 111° 15' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 18.9km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 26.6km |
| Rio Rico | 18,962 (2011) | 27.0km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 28.3km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 29.3km |
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 188.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 68 (Table 4).
Santa Cruz County Recorder's records.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10210215, MAS ID #0040230079.
A former underground Au-Ag-Cu mine located in the NW¼NE¼ sec. 19, T.23S., R.11E., near Ruby, on National Forest land. Pyeatt and Moore had unspecified involvement here (1975). Owned and operated by Mr. Norman J. Lunde (1977).
Mineralization is a fissure zone of lensing, brecciated Cretaceous conglomerate cemented by finely crystalline quartz containing fine grained gold and silver and sparse oxidized copper mineralization.
Workings include shaft operations.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: As fine-grained lode gold alloyed with silver. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10210215 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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