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Sunnyside claim, Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USAi
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Sunflower MineMine
Maricopa County beltBelt
Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District)Mining District
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 34'' North , 111° 29' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.95945,-111.48889
GeoHash:
G#: 9w09pn0k0
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Claim
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tonto Basin1,424 (2011)22.9km
Gisela570 (2011)24.9km
Oxbow Estates217 (2011)28.4km
Rio Verde1,811 (2011)31.5km
Payson15,345 (2017)33.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
56993
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:56993:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Ransome, F.L. (1916), Quicksilver Deposits of the Mazatzal Range, Arizona, in Contributions to Economic Geology by F.L. Ransome & H.S. Gale, USGS Bull. 620: 122, 124; AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 122 (1927); MRDS file #10040375.

A Hg-Cu claim on the Packover lode. Produced 1924-1925.

Mineralization is a veinlet exposed by a small open pit. This veinlet measures 3 inches (7.5 cm) at its widest part, of limonite and cinnabar, lying in the planes of lamination of the schist. Ore is in pancake-shaped tabular bodies and stringers.

Workings include a small open cut NE of the 2 tunnels in this group of claims.

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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
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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