Little Chief Mine (Chief pit), Hotason Vo, Gunsight District (Meyer District), Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Little Chief Mine (Chief pit) | Mine |
| Hotason Vo | - not defined - |
| Gunsight District (Meyer District) | Mining District |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 11' 27'' North , 112° 30' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wahak Hotrontk | 114 (2011) | 13.5km |
| Why | 167 (2017) | 23.3km |
| Pisinemo | 321 (2011) | 24.5km |
| Maish Vaya | 158 (2011) | 36.0km |
| Ajo | 3,304 (2011) | 38.7km |
‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 123 (Table 4).
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Minerals Report No. 2.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10064579, MRDS ID #TC38992; and Dep. ID #10105242, MRDS ID #TC35376; and, Dep. ID #10234860, MRDS ID #TC38999, MAS ID #0040190294.
A former surface quartz/silica mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 19, T.14S., R.2W. (sec. 18, T14S, R6W ??). Owned by the Denning Mining Co. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 32.16667N, 112.45833W; and, 32.20639N, 112.91778W; and, 32.1903N, 112.5089W.
Mineralization is strong, irregular quartz veins cutting Laramide granitic intrusive.
Workings are open cuts, supplying silica flux for the Ajo smelter.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10064579 |
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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
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Gunsight HillsGroup of Hills
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
- Pima County
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