Onyx Cave (Cave Hill deposit), Greaterville Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Onyx Cave (Cave Hill deposit) | Cave |
Greaterville Mining District | Mining District |
Santa Cruz County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 43' 3'' North , 110° 46' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Sonoita | 818 (2015) | 11.4km |
Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 19.8km |
Elgin | 161 (2011) | 23.9km |
Green Valley | 21,391 (2011) | 26.1km |
Corona de Tucson | 5,675 (2011) | 27.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33859
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33859:9
GUID (UUID V4):
768b0eb8-096b-42ee-a6ed-0db775f99911
‡Ref.: USGS Mineral Resources (1913), Pt. 2: 1344.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 46, 47, 49;
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 55.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 118, 152.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10062343, MRDS ID #TC35710; and, Dep. ID #10186427, MAS ID #0040230146.
A former small surface and underground onyx marble deposit located in the SW¼ sec. 1, T.20S, R.15E. (protracted), just N of Cave Creek near the junction with Sawmill Canyon, on National Forest land.
Mineralization is a relatively small deposit of partially massive, brownish travertine in a solution cave in faulted Permian limestone.
Workings are very minor operations in the early 1910's. A few blocks of onyx marble were extracted.
SMALL DEPOSIT OF PARTIALLY MASSIVE, BROWNISH TRAVERTINE IN SOLUTION CAVE.
Environment 1 Hydrologic unit code calculated 3-94 using GIS overlay analysis with 1:1000000(est) scale federal ownership boundaries.
Location 1 Production 1 MINOR PRODUCTION IN 1910'S.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: Scalenohedral Description: Magnificent specimen groups of crystals; also as dripstone. |
ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx Formula: CaCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 | |
ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | var. Flos Ferri | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10062343 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Santa Rita MountainsMountain Range
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