Tomato Juice deposit, Cibecue Creek-Salt River Draw confluence with the Salt River area, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 49' 12'' North , 110° 36' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 27.3km |
| Carrizo | 127 (2011) | 35.0km |
| Cedar Creek | 318 (2011) | 40.7km |
| Young | 666 (2011) | 45.5km |
| Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 45.7km |
A Cu-U-Fluorspar deposit located in the SE¼ sec. 14, T5N, R16E, along the S side of the Salt River about 2¾ miles WSW of the Cibecue Creek - Salt River Draw confluence with the Salt River (downstream of) and about 6¼ air miles WNW of the highway 77 bridge. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.79583N, 110.71417W (coordinates used from MRDS file #10282524 correspond to the description of the physical location while those from file #10065095 place the locality nowhere near the supposed actual location).
Mineralization is a fissure vein deposit hosted in metasedimentary rocks. The fissure vein locally contains dark purple fluorite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite.
An associated rock unit is diabase.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Description: Drusy coatings on walls of the central fracture. |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Colour: Dark purple. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 Description: Occurs as fissure and open space filling or as lenses and blebs in host rock. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10065095 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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