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Gilmore Spring claim, Moore Mountain area, Oxbow Estates, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 20'' North , 111° 20' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.15556,-111.33639
GeoHash:
G#: 9w0f63z6d
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Claim
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Oxbow Estates217 (2011)3.1km
Gisela570 (2011)7.9km
Payson15,345 (2017)8.4km
Star Valley2,277 (2017)13.2km
Mesa del Caballo765 (2011)14.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
48370
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48370:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Baryte prospect/occurrence located in sec. 4, T9N, R10E, 2 miles E of Moore Mountain and 2 miles S of Oxbow Estates.

Mineralization is minor baryte veinlets hosted in diorite.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: Occurs sporadically in more or less parallel fractures along an E-W zone in granitic rocks (for about 15 miles [25 km]).

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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Link to USGS MRDS:10060255

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID #10060255, MRDS ID #TC10247; and Dep. ID #10233925, MAS ID #0040070338.
Stewart, L.A. & A.J. Pfister (1960), Barite deposits of Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651: 16.
(1969) Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 180. Arizona Bureau of Minesp.314
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
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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