Why Not - Clipper - Gold Mine group, Harquahala Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Why Not - Clipper - Gold Mine group | - not defined - |
Harquahala Mining District | Mining District |
La Paz County | County |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 44' 53'' North , 113° 26' 25'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
33512
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33512:1
GUID (UUID V4):
cc00b792-a92d-442e-b622-31104bfcc3bf
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 154 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID fle #10113868, MAS ID #0040120626.
A former surface and underground Au-Ag-Cu-Fe group of mines located in the center and East-central portions of sec. 30, T5N, R11W, on land of unknown status. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by Salome Gold Co.; Carper et alia; Huttan & Earp; Johnson; Smith; and, Long & Gilbert.
Mineralization is spotty gold with silver and copper ores and iron oxides, quartz, and calcite, in irregular fissure veins in Paleozoic-Mesozoic metamorphosed sediments intruded by dikes.
Workings include tunnel and open cut operations. This mine group was worked mainly from 1932 through 1939. It produced some 370 tons of ore averaging about 3.3 oz. Au/T, 1.8 oz. Ag/T and 1.8% Cu.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
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C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10113868 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Harquahala Mining District
- Why Not - Clipper - Gold Mine group
- Harquahala Mining District
- La Paz County
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Harquahala MountainsMountain Range
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