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Sun-Gold Mine (Sun Gold Mine; Sungold Mine), Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Sun-Gold Mine (Sun Gold Mine; Sungold Mine)Mine
Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District)Mining District
Comobabi MountainsMountain Range
Pima CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 1' 50'' North , 111° 54' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.03056,-111.91583
GeoHash:
G#: 9t8qjqcrs
GRN:
N22W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sells2,495 (2011)13.6km
Ali Chukson132 (2011)17.0km
Gu Oidak188 (2011)17.1km
Maish Vaya158 (2011)25.0km
Topawa299 (2011)25.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
35535
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:35535:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 113 (Table 4).

U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10108963, MRDS ID #M000053; and, Dep. ID #10210265, MAS ID #0040190420.

A former small underground Ag-Cu-Au-Pb-Zn mine located in South-central sec. 15, T.16S., R.4E. (protracted)(also secs. 14, 22 & 23 ?), 10 miles NNW of Sells. Produced 1949-1952. Owned by the Sun Gold Mining Co.

Mineralization is ore in irregular, lenses and pods in a partly oxidized quartz vein with dolomite stringers and spotty sulfides, including ruby silver, along a strong fracture zone cutting Cretaceous (?) andesite flows. Pockets of high-grade gold values. The host rock unit is diorite. An associated rock unit is andesite.

Workings include shallow shaft operations. Worked sporadically during 1949-1952, producing a small tonnage of ore averaging about 3.7 oz. Au/T, 11% Pb, 8 oz. Ag/T, 3% Zn & 1% Cu.

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6 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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