Badger Mine, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Badger Mine | Mine |
| Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District) | Mining District |
| Comobabi Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 59' 33'' North , 111° 49' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Chukson | 132 (2011) | 9.0km |
| Sells | 2,495 (2011) | 10.6km |
| Topawa | 299 (2011) | 19.8km |
| Gu Oidak | 188 (2011) | 22.5km |
| Cowlic | 135 (2011) | 25.9km |
Ref.: Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 177-178.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 110 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines files data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026835, MRDS ID #M000461; and, Dep. ID #10281188, MAS ID #0040190111.
A former small underground Au-Ag mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 34, T.16S., R.5E. (protracted), 6½ miles NE of Sells. Owned at times, or in part, by Jaeger; and the Akron Gold Mining Co.
Mineralization is irregular, sugary, quartz-calcite veins with spotty, oxidized pyrite, showing enriched gold and silver values in iron oxides near the surface, along a fracture zone in Laramide granitic intrusive. Sericitized and silicified wall rock.
Workings include a relatively shallow inclined shaft. Only a relatively few tons of ore, averaging about 8 oz. Au/T and 5 oz. Ag/T, were produced in 1938.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: Occurs in altered wall rocks. |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: Occurs in altered wall rocks. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Oxidized. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026835 |
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USA
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