Yellow Breast prospect, Gila Bend Mountains Mining District, Eagletail Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Yellow Breast prospect | Prospect |
| Gila Bend Mountains Mining District | Mining District |
| Eagletail Mountains | Mountain Range |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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33° 15' 12'' North , 113° 22' 45'' West
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A Pb-F-Ag-Mo prospect with underground workings located in the SW¼ sec. 15, T2S, R11W, 4 miles ESE of Clanton Well, about ¾ mile NE of the Bill Taft workings, on BLM-administered land.
A gravel-mantled pediment locally exposes calcareous schist that strikes S30W and dips nearly 90º, and is marked with chert bands up to ¼ inch wide. A fault zone that strikes and dips with the schist contains a vein, about 5 feet wide, of brecciated, iron-stained, dull-brown quartz. The vein contains a few irregular bunches of galena, partly altered to anglesite and cerussite, in a gangue of pale-green, crystalline fluorite. A little wulfenite and yellow lead oxide occur within fractures and small cavities in the quartz. An associated rock unit is andesite.
Workings include 2 vertical shafts at 45 feet deep. No production record.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Colour: Pale-green Description: Medium-grained masses, crystalline. |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Description: A few irregular bunches. |
| ⓘ Massicot Formula: PbO Colour: Yellow. Description: A little occurs in fractures & small cavities in quartz. |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) Description: A little in fractures & small cavities in quartz. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Massicot | 4.AC.25 | PbO |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027651 |
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