Arizona Molybdenum Mine (Arizona Molybdenum Co. Mine), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Arizona Molybdenum Mine (Arizona Molybdenum Co. Mine) | Mine |
| Baboquivari Mining District | Mining District |
| Baboquivari Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 43' 10'' North , 111° 35' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South Komelik | 111 (2011) | 16.5km |
| San Miguel | 197 (2011) | 21.1km |
| Topawa | 299 (2011) | 23.9km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 28.1km |
| Ali Chukson | 132 (2011) | 28.8km |
Ref.: Horton, F.W. (1916) Molybdenum; its ores and their concentration, with a discussion of markets, prices, and uses: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 111, 132 p.
Weed, W.H. (1922) The Mines Handbook, Vol. XV: 1918.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 107 (Table 4).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026906, MRDS ID #M000929; and, Dep. ID #10161630, MAS ID #0040190103.
A former small surface and underground Cu-Mo-Au-Ag-Pb mine located on 10 claims of approximately 20 acres each, in North-central sec. 2, T.20S., R.7E., between Weaver and Juniper Canyons, 16.5 miles NNW of Sasabe on private land. Owned by the Arizona Molybdenum Co.
Mineralization is lensing, quartz-feldspar, pegmatitic veins and dikes containing spotty base metal sulfides and molybdenite, cutting coarse-grained Laramide granitic intrusive. Feldspar is highly altered. The ore body is 3.05 meters wide.
Workings include shallow shafts and pits. There has been no recorded production but reportedly operated a flotation plant for molybdenum concentrate in 1917. Assay gave: 2.2 oz./t Ag, 1.8 oz/t Au & 3.9% Cu.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026906 |
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- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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