Gold Mountain Mine (Gold Mountain property; Galiuro Wilderness and Contiguous further planning areas), Rattlesnake Canyon, Rattlesnake Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 37' 17'' North , 110° 21' 12'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Manuel | 3,551 (2011) | 26.1km |
| Mammoth | 1,487 (2017) | 29.1km |
| Oracle | 3,686 (2011) | 39.1km |
| Tanque Verde | 16,901 (2011) | 54.6km |
| Dudleyville | 959 (2011) | 55.5km |
A former underground Au-Fe mine located in secs. 25 & 36, T9S, R19E, and in sec. 31, T9S, R20E, in Rattlesnake Canyon, about 2 miles North of the Powers Mine, 6 miles E of the Pinal County line, SE Galiuro Mountains, on National Forest land. Started in the early 20th. century.
Mineralization is rhyolite intruded by a few dikes of chocolate-brown colored andesite porphyry. A gold-bearing ledge 6.1 meters wide strikes NW and dips about 72º W. in conformity with the adjacent rhyolite. The ledge consists of granular quartz, traversed by scattered, irregular, thin veinlets of crystalline quartz. The veinlets are mineralized with gold-bearing pyrite.
Workings include short tunnels. Low-grade deposit.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: Lode gold; fine-grained, somewhat flaky. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 | |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027029 |
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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
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Galiuro MountainsMountain Range
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