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Benningfield property, Putnam Wash, Lookout Mountain area, Putnam Wash Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Benningfield propertyProperty
Putnam WashWash
Lookout Mountain areaArea
Putnam Wash Mining DistrictMining District
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 50' 8'' North , 110° 43' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.83556,-110.72556
GeoHash:
G#: 9tc6b3s0g
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Property
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mammoth1,487 (2017)14.9km
Dudleyville959 (2011)15.9km
Winkelman346 (2017)17.4km
Hayden650 (2017)19.6km
Oracle3,686 (2011)25.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
43752
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:43752:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Asbestos-Mn occurrences located in sec. 8, T7S, R16E, along Putnam Wash about 1 mile E of Lookout Mountain and about 11½ miles South of Winkleman. Two separate deposits - one asbestos, the second of manganese.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘPyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
MnManganese
Mnⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2

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References

USGS Lookout Mountain Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10137474, MAS ID #0040210138.
Dean, K.C., et al (1952), Concentration of oxide manganese ores from the vicinity of Winkleman, Pinal County, Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4848.
Hillebrand, J. (1953) Geology and Ore Deposits in the Vicinity of Putnam Wash, Pinal County, Arizona, thesis, University of Arizona: 75, 83.
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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