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Gold Farm Mine (Gold Farm claim), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA i
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Gold Farm Mine (Gold Farm claim) Mine
Teviston Mining District Mining District
Dos Cabezas Mountains Mountain Range
Cochise County County
Arizona State
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Gold Farm Mine (Gold Farm claim)	Mine
Teviston Mining District	Mining District
Dos Cabezas Mountains	Mountain Range
Cochise County	County
Arizona	State
USA	Country

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

32° 14' 13'' North , 109° 36' 15'' West

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

G#: 9tdp3usem

Type:

Köppen climate type:

BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate

Nearest Settlements:

Place	Population	Distance
Bowie	449 (2011)	14.8km
Willcox	3,552 (2017)	21.5km
San Simon	165 (2011)	35.6km
Sunizona	281 (2011)	39.7km
Dragoon	209 (2011)	47.0km

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Club	Location	Distance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club	Pearce, Arizona	42km

Mindat Locality ID:

48403

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:48403:8

GUID (UUID V4):

A former surface Au-Ag-Pb mine located in the SE¼ sec. 5, T14S, R27E.

Mineralization is quartz veins striking N40W and N10E in Precambrian granite near a tertiary dike, containing auriferous pyrite and argentiferous galena, as well as unspecified copper and zinc oxides.

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Mineral List

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var. Silver-bearing Galena

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

ⓘ Sphalerite

3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

References:

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2), 27-28.

ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena

Formula: PbS with Ag

References:

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2), 27-28.

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2), 27-28.

ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2), 27-28.

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

References:

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2).

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Sphalerite	2.CB.05a	ZnS
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
ⓘ	var. Silver-bearing Galena	2.CD.10	PbS with Ag
ⓘ	Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
ⓘ		2.EB.05a	FeS₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
S	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Zn	Zinc
Zn	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
Ag	Silver
Ag	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS
Pb	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10014830

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References

Drewes, Harald, USGS unpublished data, 1977-1980.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10014830, MRDS ID #D011806; and, Dep. ID #10186034, MAS ID #0040030277.

Cooper, J.R. (1960) Reconnaissance map of the Willcox, Fisher Hills, Cochise, and Dos Cabezas quadrangles, Cochise and Graham Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-231, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500.

Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeast Arizona, USGS Bull. 1676: 21 (Figure 6), 22 (Table 2), 27-28.

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