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Picacho Mine (Picacho group; Green Copper; Copper Star; Better Pay; Green Monster group), Picacho Peak, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Picacho Mine (Picacho group; Green Copper; Copper Star; Better Pay; Green Monster group)Mine
Picacho PeakPeak
Picacho MountainsMountain Range
Picacho Mining DistrictMining District
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 37' 37'' North , 111° 25' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.62694,-111.42083
GeoHash:
G#: 9tbc8e9cd
GRN:
N22W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Red Rock169 (2011)10.5km
Picacho471 (2011)12.1km
Eloy17,059 (2017)19.0km
Avra Valley6,050 (2011)23.2km
Nelson259 (2011)26.2km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Pinal Gem and Mineral SocietyCoolidge, Arizona40km
Mindat Locality ID:
68679
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68679:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Gypsum-Halite-Ag-Au-Cu mine located in the NE¼ sec. 21, T.9S., R.9E.
A Au-Ag-Cu occurrence located on 17 claims in sec. 14, T9S, R9E (Red Rock 15 minute topo map), on the S side of Picacho Peak, on private land.

Mineralization is slight. Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘ Halite
Formula: NaCl

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Mexico
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Picacho Mine file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Red Rock file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U files.
USGS Red Rock Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026763; MRDS ID #M000123; and, Dep. ID #10210708, MAS ID #0040210958; and Dep. ID #10259222, MAS ID #004210959.
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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