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Museum Mine (Silver Museum Mine; Museum group; Museum Mining group; Swilling Mine), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Museum Mine (Silver Museum Mine; Museum group; Museum Mining group; Swilling Mine)Mine
Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range)Mountain Range
Yavapai CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 3' 24'' North , 112° 16' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.05667,-112.27834
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Black Canyon City2,837 (2011)11.9km
New River14,952 (2011)20.4km
Anthem21,700 (2011)24.3km
Cordes Lakes2,633 (2011)32.2km
Spring Valley1,148 (2011)33.9km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Black Canyon City Rock ClubBlack Canyon City, Arizona12km
Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral ClubAnthem, Arizona24km
Wickenburg Gem and Mineral SocietyWickenburg, Arizona43km
Mindat Locality ID:
55702
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:55702:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former surface and underground Ag-Cu-Au-W mine located north of the Tip Top Mine. Last produced 1934. Owned by Jack Swilling.

Mineralization is a 3 to 4 foot wide vein deposit with a tabular ore body. It is a well-defined vein with good wall rocks. Features a 10 inch (25 cm) strata of solid chloride ore.

Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidtion at near-surface. No alteration was noted. An associated rock unit is the Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite and rhyolite porphyry dikes.

Area structures include a rather massive and structureless quartz monzonite batholith.

Workings include 2 shafts at 50 and 110 feet deep.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘChlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
AgSilver
Agⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl

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References

The History of Arizona, 2nd. State legislature, Chap. X: 110.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Museum Mining Group file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Tip Top Mines file.
USGS Columbia Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10048081, MRDS ID #M800060; and Dep. ID #10162309, MAS ID #0040251461.
Hamilton, Patrick (1881) The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. The Legislature of the Territory of Arizona. p.51
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