Thessalia Mine, Gladstone Mine group (Gladstone prospect; Gladstone-Proto group; Proto Mine group), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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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:
34209
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34209:7
GUID (UUID V4):
93fc8fe0-32e7-470e-a07d-04b50862c2bc
‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 80 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn mine group located in West-central sec. 30, T.23S., R.16E. (protracted). Owned at times, or in part, by the Independent Mining & Milling Co.; Forsythe; Michels; Proto Brothers; Bostwick; Fulton; Sullivan; Raymond & Bostwick; Todd; and, Blabon.
Ore is irregular vein-like mineralization of chalcopyrite and oxidized copper minerals, with spotty and minor galena and sphalerite, along fault or shear zones in Laramide granodiorite.
Workings include tunnel and shaft operations. Mined sporadically from the early 1900's through 1951, producing some 2,000 tons of ore for the group, averaging about 8% Cu, 3 oz. Ag/T, 0.1 oz. Au/T and minor lead.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Description: Spotty & minor. |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Description: Spotty & minor. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
---|---|---|
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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
- Mojave DomainDomain
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