Tavasci Mine (Tavasci prospect; Victoria prospect; Clara's Susie's and Betty's), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Mohawk Mining District, Mohawk Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
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32° 39' 20'' North , 113° 42' 59'' West
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A former underground Au-Ag mine located in sec. 10, T9S, R14W, 6 road miles S of Mohawk, on the western slope of the Mohawk Mountains, on a military reservation. Owned by Mr. G.E. Tavasci.
Mineralization is coarse-grained biotite schist that strikes SE and dips 30ºNE & is cut by a few dikes of aplite and pegmatite. A steeply southward-dipping fault zone contains a vein, up to 10 or more feet (3.05 meters) wide. It consists of limonite, breccia & scattered bunches of quartz. The quartz is dense, vitreous & brecciated and contains limonite & calcite within fractures and cavities. It carries a little gold.
Workings include more than 300 feet (91.44 meters) of tunnels. No production record.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: A little in a quartz vein. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027203 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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