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Bowling Green Mine (Lucky Spur group), Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 35' 38'' North , 110° 50' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Patagonia890 (2017)10.0km
Rio Rico18,962 (2011)18.7km
Tubac1,191 (2011)19.6km
Tumacacori-Carmen393 (2015)19.6km
Sonoita818 (2015)19.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
34276
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34276:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small surface and underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au (U) mine located in the center border area of secs. 17 & 20, T.21S., R.15E, 6 miles NW of Patagonia, on National Forest land. First produced 1923. Owned by Pierce. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 31.6011N, 110.8408W.

Mineralization is largely oxidized argentiferous galena and minor chalcopyrite in a quartz-sulfide pocket in an altered shear zone cutting Jurassic granite. Traces of uraninite and metatorbernite.

Workings include shallow shaft operations. Some 430 tons of ore averaging about 21% Pb, 16 oz. Ag/T, 0.5% Cu and minor Au produced in 1923.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
var. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Metatorbernite8.EB.10Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
OOxygen
O MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O UraniniteUO2
PPhosphorus
P MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
AgSilver
Ag Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
UUranium
U MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
U UraniniteUO2

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