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Pero Bonito Mine (El Pero Bonito Mine; Mountain Chief Mine), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Pero Bonito Mine (El Pero Bonito Mine; Mountain Chief Mine)Mine
ColumbiaProperty
Yavapai CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 3' 14'' North , 112° 18' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.05389,-112.30778
GeoHash:
G#: 9w01sr7fr
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Black Canyon City2,837 (2011)14.6km
New River14,952 (2011)22.0km
Anthem21,700 (2011)25.5km
Cordes Lakes2,633 (2011)33.9km
Spring Valley1,148 (2011)35.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Black Canyon City Rock ClubBlack Canyon City, Arizona15km
Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral ClubAnthem, Arizona26km
Wickenburg Gem and Mineral SocietyWickenburg, Arizona40km
Mindat Locality ID:
63012
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63012:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former underground Cu-Ag-Au mine. Discovered 1875. Produced 1910-1927. Claims extend into sec. 7, T8N, R1E.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with a tabular lens-shaped ore body. An associated rock unit is the Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite and rhyolite porphyry dikes. Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidation at near surface. Alteration included sericitization adjacent to some dikes.

Area structures include veins parallel to rhyolite porphyry dikes and foliation in Precambrian xenoliths. Foliation in Precambrian xenoliths (Quartz-mica schist) trends N40-50E.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
USGS Columbia Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheets 3 & 206.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Mountain Chief Mines file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10048062, MRDS ID #M800032; and, Dep. ID #10259404, MAS ID #0040251003.
Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 178-179.
Elsing and Heineman (1936) Arizona Metal Production. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 140: 60-61.
(2024) Peabody GNIS Service, Yale Peabody Museum.
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