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Lost Gulch area, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~4km
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Area
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
51417
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51417:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


An occurrence in the area of Lost Gulch, East slope of Day Peaks, NW of Miami.

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7 valid minerals.

Detailed 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
ⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian Stolzite
Formula: Pb(WO4)
Habit: Pointed prisms; globular intergrowths of crystals
Colour: Yellowish-orange; very pale yellowish-gray
ⓘ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
ⓘStolzite7.GA.05Pb(WO4)
ⓘWulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
ⓘStolzite
var. Molybdenian Stolzite		7.GA.05Pb(WO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CerussitePbCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ StolzitePb(WO4)
Oⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Oⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian StolzitePb(WO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
Moⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Wⓘ StolzitePb(WO4)
Wⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian StolzitePb(WO4)
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pbⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Pbⓘ StolzitePb(WO4)
Pbⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Pbⓘ Stolzite var. Molybdenian StolzitePb(WO4)

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References

Faick, J.N. & F.A. Hildebrand (1958), An occurrence of molybdenian stolzite in Arizona, American Mineralogist: 43: 156-159.
Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten Deposits of Gila, Yavapai, and Mohave Counties, Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8078:
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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