Days Peak area veins, Days Peak, Lost Gulch area, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Days Peak area veins | - not defined - |
| Days Peak | Peak |
| Lost Gulch area | Area |
| Miami | - not defined - |
| Miami-Inspiration Mining District | - not defined - |
| Globe-Miami Mining District | Mining District |
| Gila County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 26'' North , 110° 53' 49'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Miami | 1,783 (2017) | 3.8km |
| Claypool | 1,538 (2011) | 5.2km |
| Central Heights-Midland City | 2,534 (2011) | 7.9km |
| Globe | 7,396 (2017) | 10.8km |
| Top-of-the-World | 231 (2011) | 12.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gila County Gem & Mineral Society | Miami, Arizona | 4km |
A Mo-Pb-W-Au deposit with underground workings, located in the center E½ sec. 14, T1N, R14E, on the lower east slopes of the Day Peaks, 1¾ miles SW of the Copper Cities open-pit mine and about 2½ miles WNW of Miami, on private (patented) or federal land.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in the Pinal Schist that strikes E-W and dips vertically. the deposit is mostly covered by diabase talus. It is comprised of several small, molybdenum-bearing veins that crop out on the east flank of the Day Peaks. They are structurally similar to many other small gold-bearing veins that crop out to the NE between Day Peaks and Copper Cities. The strongest mineralization was along two narrow eastward-striking fracture zones in diabase near the edge of the dacite that caps the Day Peaks. Ore control was two narrow, east-striking fracture zones in diabase near the edge of dacite that caps Days Peak. The outcrops are poorly exposed because of the abundant talus from the dacite outcrops higher on the slope. Stoltzite with 9% Mo02 occurs here.
The vein matter is completely oxidized and consists of honeycombed and drusy quartz, coated with crusts or sprinkled with tiny crystals of stolzite. Some cavities contain clusters of large plates of wulfenite.
Workings include an adit about 100 feet long.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Habit: Small crystals Colour: White Description: Crusts and small white crystals clinging to cellular quartz. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Colour: Brown Description: Powdery. |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: Placer gold. Occurs in rather spotty fashion within the creek channel & adjoining dissected benches. Fine to fairly coarse gold. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Description: Honeycombed; drusy. |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ Stolzite Formula: Pb(WO4) Habit: Pointed prisms; globular intergrowths of crystals Colour: Yellowish-orange; very pale yellowish-gray References: |
| ⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite Formula: Pb(WO4) Habit: Pointed prisms; globular intergrowths of crystals Colour: Yellowish-orange; very pale yellowish-gray References: |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ | Stolzite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(WO4) |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| ⓘ | Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(WO4) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| O | ⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| W | ⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Pb | ⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10037131 |
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- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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