Prompter Mine (Prompter workings), Oregon-Prompter Mine group, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Prompter Mine (Prompter workings) | Mine |
| Oregon-Prompter Mine group | - not defined - |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
29619
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:29619:6
GUID (UUID V4):
a7b542a1-cfc3-478a-8390-fd9d0546f3c5
A former Ag-Mn-Au mine located in the southern border area of secs. 14 & 15, T20S, R22E, G&SRM. The Prompter workings equate to the eastern part of the Oregon Mine. Owned by the Boston & Arizona Smelting & Reduction Co. and the Tombstone Development Co.
Mineralization is irregular, pipe-like to tabular replacement orebodies, mainly oxidized manganiferous-silver ores, along the footwall of the Prompter fault zone in Pennsylvanian-Permian Naco Group limestone and controlled by bedding plane slips and 'northeast' fractures.
Workings include an inclined shaft on the fissure, 300 feet deep with 2 levels. A tunnel through the hill leads to the Oregon shaft on the other side. A few tens of thousands of tons of ore were produced in the group at irregular intervals from 1883 to 1950.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Bromargyrite Formula: AgBr |
| ⓘ Cornwallite Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| ⓘ Manjiroite Formula: Na(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 Colour: Black to dark brown Description: Large (0.5 inches = 1.25 cm) cleavable prisms, some of which have hollow, fibrous centers; crystals form large masses in a white, crystalline limestone. |
| ⓘ Olivenite Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Bromargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgBr |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Manjiroite | 4.DK.05a | Na(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Olivenite | 8.BB.30 | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Cornwallite | 8.BD.05 | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Cornwallite | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cornwallite | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Manjiroite | Na(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| O | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Manjiroite | Na(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Manjiroite | Na(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Cornwallite | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Cornwallite | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| As | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| Br | Bromine | |
| Br | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Tombstone HillsGroup of Hills
- Cochise County
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