Powers Gulch deposit (Powers Gulch Zinc Lead deposit), Powers Gulch area, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Powers Gulch deposit (Powers Gulch Zinc Lead deposit) | Deposit |
| Powers Gulch area | Area |
| Top of the World | - not defined - |
| Summit Mining District | Mining District |
| Pinal County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 22' 40'' North , 110° 59' 57'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Top-of-the-World | 231 (2011) | 3.2km |
| Miami | 1,783 (2017) | 12.3km |
| Superior | 2,943 (2017) | 13.0km |
| Claypool | 1,538 (2011) | 15.0km |
| Central Heights-Midland City | 2,534 (2011) | 17.3km |
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gila County Gem & Mineral Society | Miami, Arizona | 12km |
A Pb-Zn deposit located just to the west of Powers Gulch and north of the Pinal Ranch, about 1¼ miles NW of Top of the World.
A strip extends for about 1 mile (1.6 km) along the edge of the local dacite. The schist is lightly stained by copper silicates (chrysocolla ?) and carbonates (malachite ?). These copper minerals occur as impregnations and discontinuous veinlets ranging from paper thin to nearly an inch (2.5 cm) in width. The schist host rock shows no evidence of hydrothermal alteration or of the former presence of sulfide minerals except in two small, widely separated, areas.
Developments is restricted to drill holes (circa 1930-31) that passed through 488 to 1,235 feet of dacite and through 70 to 410 feet of the underlying schist and granite. Copper content in the schist & granite ranged from 0.3% to 0.54% average. In 1956 additional drilling of about 2,060 feet in total length revealed Cu content on an average of 0.15%. In fgeneral, the Cu contnet of the rocks decreased with depth, with most holes bottoming in practically barren rock.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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