Zimmerman-Asbestos Point claims (Zimmerman-Asbestos Points Magnetite prospect; Ferro claims; Iron King claims; Ferrous claims), Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 45' 25'' North , 110° 56' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 33.3km |
Young | 666 (2011) | 38.3km |
Claypool | 1,538 (2011) | 39.6km |
Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 40.0km |
Miami | 1,783 (2017) | 40.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Gila County Gem & Mineral Society | Miami, Arizona | 40km |
Mindat Locality ID:
132645
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132645:4
GUID (UUID V4):
74acea6d-491d-47f7-9949-86472841cbbd
An Fe-Pb-Cu-Zn occurrence/prospect located inn secs. 20, 21 & 29, T5N, R14E, about 1¾ miles SW of Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) and E of road 288, on National Forest land. Claims extend into secs. 21 & 29.
Mineralization is a replacement deposit with an irregular ore body, hosted in the Mescal Limestone. The ore zone is 3218.6 meters long and 30.48 meters thick. Magmetite occurs in irregular contact-metamorphic and pyrometasomatic replacement. An associated rock unit is diabase.
Assay data: Spectrographic analyses indicate traces of Pb, Zn, and Cu.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040345 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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