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Rainbow Mine (Copper Penny Mine; Norps group; Silver Thread Mine; Two Sisters Mine; Old Gold claims), Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USAi
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Rainbow Mine (Copper Penny Mine; Norps group; Silver Thread Mine; Two Sisters Mine; Old Gold claims)Mine
Weldon HillHill
Maricopa CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Chrysocolla

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Rainbow Mine, Weldon Hill, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 43' 3'' North , 113° 19' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.71750,-113.32083
GeoHash:
G#: 9mzrv6469
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wenden728 (2011)23.5km
Salome1,530 (2011)28.1km
Aguila798 (2011)28.5km
Vicksburg597 (2011)40.0km
Wintersburg136 (2011)53.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
63158
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63158:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Stewart, L.A. & A.J. Pfister (1960), Barite deposits of Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651: 83-84.

Meeves, H.C. (1966), Nonpegmatitic beryllium occurrence in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and four adjacent states, US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 6828.

Minerals Availability System (MAS): Arizona fluorspar: Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, March, 1976.

Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources Mineral Report 4, 185 pp..

Peirce, H.W. (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file.

USGS 15 minute Lone Mountain topo. map.

Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10095781, 10186124 & 10234798; and, Dep. ID #10060293, MRDS ID #TC10312; and, Dep. ID #10259318, MAS ID #0040120361.

A former surface and underground Cu-Ti-Sr-Cr-Mn-Zn-Pb-Baryte-Fluorspar mine. The Copper Penny property includes 98 claims, covering the former Alaska, Weldon Hill & Rainbow Mines. NOTE: This circumstance would indicate that the property also includes the recently staked Spectrum claims.

NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.71722N, 113.32083W; or 33.72670N, 113.32580W; or 33.72611N, 113.34167W.

Mineralization is vein deposits.

Field observations by C. Lemanski, Jr.: The mine has an adit tunnel in a hillside. A prospect has been opened on the back side of the hill exposing mineralized areas containing tiny wulfenite crystals. The area surrounding the mine has been systematically drilled (exploration) for determinations of fluorspar abundance.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
References:
C. Lemanski, Jr.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘWulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ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
OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Oⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pbⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)

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