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Lead Lily shaft, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Lead Lily shaftGroup of Shafts
California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District)Mining District
Chiricahua MountainsMountain Range
Cochise CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 59' 23'' North , 109° 17' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Shafts
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rodeo101 (2015)29.4km
San Simon165 (2011)31.4km
Sunizona281 (2011)36.7km
Cotton City388 (2011)39.8km
Bowie449 (2011)41.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
63508
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63508:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


An underground Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu prospect located in the center of the W½ sec. 33, T16S, R30E.

Ore material on the dump included galena, sphalerite, and malachite. A sample of this ore assayed 16.7% Pb, 3.41% Zn, and 10.2 oz/short ton Ag. A small trench adjacent to the shaft with chalcopyrite, chalcocite, galena, sphalerite, and malachite on the dump. The country rock is altered limestone. Three short adits NE of the Lead Lily shaft with sparse occurrences of galena and sphalerite.

Workings include a caved shaft which may have had 80 feet of workings judging from the size of the dump.

Bit of a side note. A major fire burned the area around the Lead Lily shaft and was so hot it scalded all the dump material and seems to have altered the outer cm or so of all the rock on the dumps. No idea what the various forms are on those pieces, they have not been analyzed but it is a curiosity.

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15 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
Willemite9.AA.05Zn2SiO4
Clinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O AnglesitePbSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O HematiteFe2O3
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O WillemiteZn2SiO4
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
AlAluminium
Al Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si QuartzSiO2
Si WillemiteZn2SiO4
SSulfur
S AnglesitePbSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcociteCu2S
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn WillemiteZn2SiO4
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS

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