Arizona Mine, Star Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Arizona Mine | Mine |
| Star Mining District | Mining District |
| Humboldt Range | Mountain Range |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 26' 6'' North , 118° 8' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Structure: Several Normal Faults; Two Post-Mineral Faults
Alteration: Contact Metamorphic
Deposit: Silver ore occurs in flat-lying quartz veins 40 to 50 feet above basal clastics in northern part of the mine. Vein averaged about 2 1/2 feet thick. In much of the ore, the metallic minerals are minute particles disseminated through bands of quartz argentite (principal ore mineral) appeared As greenish stains or sooty spots. Scheelite occurs As small irregularly spaced shoots associated with stringers and pods of calcite and quartz along edges of old stoped areas of southern workings. The vein has been offset downward in a series of steps from east to west. Two other post-mineral faults form boundaries to the limestone block containing the vein.; model name could also be: polymetallic veins. Most work done at north half in early period with estimated production of $5 million to $13 million. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ this record has been merged with m060350, which has been deleted.
Deposit type: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Development: Actively worked for silver until about 1880, and worked on a small scale to 1965. The northern half was worked in the early years, the southern half later. Tungsten was discovered in 1919. ; econ.com: several million dollars worth of ore was mined.
Geology: Flat quartz veins follow bedding in prida, shaly, carbonaceous, limestones near contact with koipato rhyolite porphyry. Quartz veins contain pyrite, scheelite, jamesonite, silver haloids, copper carbonates.
Rock formation(s): Koipato Group
Prida Formation
Ore(s): Depositional Relation Between Formations
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12 valid minerals.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS |
| ⓘ Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ Native Copper Formula: Cu |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Owyheeite Formula: Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ | Owyheeite | 2.HC.35 | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| S | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| S | ⓘ Owyheeite | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Cu | ⓘ Native Copper | Cu |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Owyheeite | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Sb | ⓘ Owyheeite | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Pb | ⓘ Owyheeite | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10101412 |
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