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Owl Head Mine (Owl Head claims), Brady Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Owl Head Mine (Owl Head claims)Mine
Brady Wash areaArea
Durham HillsGroup of Hills
Durham-Suizo Mining DistrictMining District
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 45' 51'' North , 111° 8' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.76417,-111.14667
GeoHash:
G#: 9tbfqu93n
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Red Rock169 (2011)26.8km
Cactus Forest594 (2011)27.1km
Picacho471 (2011)33.0km
Catalina7,569 (2011)35.7km
Saddle Brooke9,614 (2017)36.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Pinal Gem and Mineral SocietyCoolidge, Arizona42km
Mindat Locality ID:
68675
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68675:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A group of Cu claims / former small mine located in the NW¼ sec. 26, T8S, R12E (Tortolita Mountains 15 minute topo map), about ¼ mile W of state highway 79 and about 1 mile S of Brady Wash.

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

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Link to USGS MRDS:10026790

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines card files.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026790; MRDS ID #M000262.
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.15 - Table 1
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