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Hosey Mine group, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Hosey Mine group- not defined -
Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon)Gulch
Temporal GulchGulch
Wrightson Mining DistrictMining District
Santa Cruz CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 37' 40'' North , 110° 50' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Patagonia890 (2017)12.9km
Sonoita818 (2015)18.6km
Tubac1,191 (2011)19.2km
Tumacacori-Carmen393 (2015)20.0km
Rio Rico18,962 (2011)21.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
34335
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34335:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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: 230-231.

Weed, W.H. (1918) The Mines Handbook, Vol. XIII: 500.

Rohrbacker, R.T. (1964) Geology of the Temporal Gulch-Mansfield Canyon area, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 81 p.

Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 89 (Table 4). Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

U.S. Bureau of Mines field notes, CU41.

Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10258861, MAS ID #0040230226.

A former underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au-Zn mine located in the NE¼NE¼ sec. 7, T.21S., R.15E, on National Forest land. First produced 1905. Owned at times, or in part, by the Presidential Mining Co.; Leek; Ferguson; the McDonald Mining Co.; and, Altamirano & Matrecita. Additional names (claims ?): Presidential and Red Cloud.

Mineralization is lensing quartz-fissure veins containing brecciated wall rock and shoots and stringers of massive, granular, and crystalline pyrite, other sulfides and sulfosalts, with minor calcite and hematite plus some spotty sphalerite. The wall rock is Triassic monzonite intruded by Jurassic granite.

Workings include shaft operations. Worked in the 1880's and sporadically through 1936. The group produced some 450 tons of ore averaging about 15% Pb, 9% Cu, 9 oz. Ag/T and 0.4 oz. Au/T.

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11 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Description: Occurs in the north vein.
Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Description: Massive, fine-grained variety.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena
Formula: PbS with Ag
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Description: Occurs in ore and as a constituent of the country rock.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Description: A constituent of the country rock.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Description: Massive, fine-grained variety.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
var. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Bournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O HematiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
SSulfur
S AcanthiteAg2S
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S BournonitePbCuSbS3
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcociteCu2S
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
S Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AgSilver
Ag AcanthiteAg2S
Ag Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
SbAntimony
Sb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
PbLead
Pb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag

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