Amado Mine, Montosa Mine (Montosa group of claims), Montosa Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Amado Mine | Mine |
| Montosa Mine (Montosa group of claims) | Mine |
| Montosa Canyon | Canyon |
| Tyndall 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:
~1km
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Ref.: Schrader, F.C. (1915) Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, with contributions by J.M. Hill: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 582, 373 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:125,000: 186-187.
Sulik, J.F. (1957) Stratigraphy and structure of the Montosa Canyon area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of the Arizona, M.S. thesis, 64 p.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 86 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn-Au mine located in T.20S., R.14E. Owned at times, or in part, by the Calabasas Copper Co.; Boykin; Amado Mines; and, McIntosh.
Mineralization is largely oxidized sulfides in an irregular replacement body in a large, exotic paleozoic limestone block engulfed in Cretaceous dacitic volcanic breccia, and also as spotty mineralization in a quartz-fissure vein cutting the dacite volcanics.
Worked sporadically from the early 1900's through 1949. The group produced some 1,000 tons of ore averaging about 22% Pb, 3% Cu, 3 oz. Ag/T and minor Zn and Au.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Santa Rita MountainsMountain Range
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