Bowman group (Bowman property; L&N group; Cornucopia Mine; Cornicopia claim; Robbins Mine; Tatum group; IRL group), Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 25'' North , 111° 29' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 23.0km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 25.4km |
| Oxbow Estates | 217 (2011) | 28.8km |
| Rio Verde | 1,811 (2011) | 31.0km |
| Payson | 15,345 (2017) | 34.2km |
‡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: 126; AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 122 (1927); Bailey, EH. USS, personal files; Dewitt, Ed (1981), unpublished reconnaissance mapping; USGS 7.5 minute Reno Pass topo. map; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Cornicopia & L&N groups Mine file; Lausen, C. & E. Gardner, AZ Bur. Mines #122: 81-87; MRDS files #10040372, 10186642 & 10040377.
A former surface and underground Hg mine north of Bowman's camp on property owned by Mr. Bowman.
Mineralization is cinnabar in a tabular orebody.
A NE-trending Precambrian sedimentary and volcanic sequence, including Red Rock rhyolite, phyllites and siltstones. A E-trending jasper band, approximately 50 meters wide cuts thriough dacite tuff breccia. The mine is near the jasper.
Mineralization is inan area of schist lying NW of the jasper belt.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS References: |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' References: |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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