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Buckeye-Black Oxide vein (Buckeye deposit; Black Oxide vein; Carrie vein), Buckeye Mountain, Black Peak area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Buckeye-Black Oxide vein (Buckeye deposit; Black Oxide vein; Carrie vein)Vein
Buckeye MountainMountain
Black Peak areaArea
Copper HillHill
Globe Hills Mining DistrictMining Sub-district
Gila CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 34'' North , 110° 45' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Copper Hill108 (2011)0.8km
Globe7,396 (2017)4.5km
Pinal439 (2011)5.6km
Central Heights-Midland City2,534 (2011)6.0km
Six Shooter Canyon1,019 (2017)6.8km
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona11km
Mindat Locality ID:
61828
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:61828:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A deposit that crops out along the crest of Buckeye Mountain, on the south side of Copper Gulch, about ¾ miles SE of Copper Hill ghost town. NOTE: The coordinates provided are for Buckeye Mountain since the deposit outcrops on the crest of this feature.

The general strike of the vein is about N65E, roughly parallel to the Old Dominion vein; but its dip is 60 to 80NW, whereas the Old Dominion vein dips SE. The vein fault has a reverse throw of 100 to 150 feet, that is, the hanging wall block on the NW side has been elevated with respect to the footwall block.

Along the outcrop both walls of the vein are of Troy quartzite, which overlies a thick diabase sikll. The sill was intruded near the base of the Troy quartzite, in some places above and in others below remnants of the Precambrian basalt flows that underlie the old erosion surface on which the Troy was deposited. On the NE flank of Buckeye Mountain, basalt crops out both above and below the diabase sill.

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7 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Description: A few kernels only in oxidized ore 50 feet from surface.
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Description: Large masses along veins of the Old Dominion fault system as replacements of limestone or diabase.
Hematite var. Specularite
Formula: Fe2O3
Description: Large masses along veins of the Old Dominion fault system as replacements of limestone or diabase.
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Alteration and replacement product of quartzite along veinlets containing ore minerals.
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Alteration and replacement product of quartzite along veinlets containing ore minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O CupriteCu2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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