Powers prospect (Copper Mountain prospect), Redrock Canyon, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Powers prospect (Copper Mountain prospect) | Prospect |
| Redrock Canyon | Canyon |
| Redrock Mining District | Mining District |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 23' 35'' North , 110° 47' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kino Springs | 136 (2011) | 3.9km |
| Beyerville | 177 (2011) | 8.4km |
| Francisco Miguel Cárdenas Valdez (Mascareñas) | 541 (2014) | 13.2km |
| Nogales | 20,252 (2017) | 14.9km |
| Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 16.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 49km |
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 245.
U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.
U.S. Bureau of Mines field notes, FE1.
Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026857, MRDS ID #M000556 (M000558 ?); and, Dep. ID #10259478, MAS ID #0040230322.
A group of Fe-Ti-Cu claims located in sec. 31, T23S, R15E, about 3 miles east of Patagonia, on the south side of Redrock Canyon, 3 miles E of Patagonia, at an elevation of about 4,400 feet, on private land. They were located in 1885 by Mr. William Powers. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 31.5464N, 110.705W (latitude varies significantly).
The croppings form a reef about 150 feet in height and 70 feet wide or red, ferruginous, silicified, leached rhyolite that strikes N.60ºW. The rhyolite is pitted with casts of pyrite and some of it is so heavily impregnated with iron oxides that it constitutes a good, low-grade iron ore. The adjoining gravels are firmly cemented by hematite and limonite leached from it. The croppings just above and 200 feet SE of the tunnel contain the iron and a small amount of malachite and azurite stain.
Workings include a development tunnel.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | var. Specularite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026857 |
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