Sample Mine (Old Sample Mine), Horse Hills, Antelope Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sample Mine (Old Sample Mine) | Mine |
| Horse Hills | Group of Hills |
| Antelope Mining District | Mining District |
| Tortilla Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Pinal County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 55' 19'' North , 110° 50' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dudleyville | 959 (2011) | 8.6km |
| Winkelman | 346 (2017) | 10.1km |
| Hayden | 650 (2017) | 10.8km |
| Kearny | 2,038 (2017) | 16.2km |
| Mammoth | 1,487 (2017) | 29.3km |
A former underground Cu-Ag mine located in sec. 12, T6S, R14E, about 2½ miles E of N from Cedar Mountain (½ mile W of Sample Wash; approximately 6 miles SW of Winkelman), on state land. Produced 1948-1950. Operated by Mr. Roy L. Bishop (1950); and by J. Erklans (1948). NOTE: The MRDS file states that this mine is in the Cottonwood District but more logically should be in the Antelope District.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in Ruin (Oracle) Granite. Local structures include a diabase outcrop along a N-S trend, overall local structure in Precambrian NNW. Vein mineralization is probably associated with a Late Cretaceous-Tertiary intrusive event. Geographically extensive lower Cretateous-Tertiary mineralized system with E-W-trending dikes is found 3 to 5 miles NE of the mine, in the same district, and probably is related mineralization.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046298 |
|---|
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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