Buena Vista Mine, Buena Vista and Horse Fall Mines, Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Buena Vista Mine | Mine |
| Buena Vista and Horse Fall Mines | Group of Mines |
| Dragoon District (Golden Rule District) | Mining District |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 58' 0'' North , 110° 1' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dragoon | 209 (2011) | 7.0km |
| Saint David | 1,699 (2011) | 19.2km |
| Benson | 4,888 (2017) | 25.5km |
| Tombstone | 1,312 (2017) | 28.5km |
| Whetstone | 2,617 (2011) | 30.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 20km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Fourr Mine; Fourr Canyon Mine
‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona: 63 (Table 4).
Chatman, M.L. (1993) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 30-93: 38, D29.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 244.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10046200, MRDS ID #M241045; and, Dep. ID #10161352, MAS ID #0040030107.
A former small surface and underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn mine located in the SE¼ sec. 8, T17S, R23E, approximately 3.5 miles NE of Knob Hill, on private land. Produced 1914-1937. Operated by Cecil Connelly, William Tower.
Mineralization is a replacement deposit with a bedded ore body containing oxidized lead and zinc mineralization hosted in Limestone.
Local structures include closely folded rocks, thrusts, deep reverse faults with superimposed oligocene metamorphism; complex Tertiary faulting of Paleozoic and Cretaceous sediments; and Tertiary intrusives.
Workings include surface and adit openings. Production was a total of about 75 tons of ore produced in 1914 and 1937.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 Description: Occurs in a quartz-rich garnet tactite. |
| ⓘ Hawleyite Formula: CdS Colour: Yellow Description: Powder coating fractures in a quartz-rich garnet-tactite. |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hawleyite | 2.CB.05a | CdS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Hawleyite | CdS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Cd | Cadmium | |
| Cd | ⓘ Hawleyite | CdS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046200 |
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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
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Dragoon MountainsMountain Range
- Cochise County
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