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White Rock and White Eagle group, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
White Rock and White Eagle groupGroup of Claims
Plomosa Mining DistrictMining District
Plomosa MountainsMountain Range
La Paz CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 56' 3'' North , 114° 3' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.93417,-114.06167
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bouse996 (2011)5.2km
Utting126 (2011)19.3km
Brenda676 (2011)30.3km
Poston285 (2011)31.5km
Parker3,046 (2017)31.8km
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ClubLocationDistance
Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral ClubQuartzsite, Arizona34km
Mindat Locality ID:
67732
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:67732:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
White Eagle & White Rock Mine


A Baryte-Fluorspar-Cu occurrence/claims/prospect on 4 claims, with surface and underground workings, located in the W-cen. sec. 17, SE¼ sec. 18, and N-cen. sec. 21, T7N, R17W (Bouse 15 minute topo map). Phillips reported the location as section 18.

Mineralization is a baryte-fluorite vein, with iron and manganese oxides, wherein the baryte occurs in large plates, and includes secondary copper minerals, hosted in limestone and rhyolite.

Workings include exploration shafts and cuts.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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References

Peirce, H. Wesley (1990) Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Elevatorski, E. A. (1971) Arizona Fluorspar. Arizona Department of Mineral Resources,U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651. p.67-68.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Mineral Report 4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197pp.
Niemuth, Nyal J.; Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
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