Williams Mine (Williams shaft), Iron Cap Mine, Old Dominion vein system, Black Peak area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 52'' North , 110° 45' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 0.3km |
| Globe | 7,396 (2017) | 4.7km |
| Central Heights-Midland City | 2,534 (2011) | 5.8km |
| Pinal | 439 (2011) | 6.2km |
| Six Shooter Canyon | 1,019 (2017) | 7.2km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gila County Gem & Mineral Society | Miami, Arizona | 11km |
Mindat Locality ID:
61762
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:61762:7
GUID (UUID V4):
3e728409-7953-4fcb-9ff6-649449f31f24
A former underground Cu mine located about ¼ mile SE of Copper Hill ghost town site.
Mineralization is a vein which is undoubtedly a part of the Old Dominion-Iron Cap vein system, but the displacement on the vein fault is dying out to the northeast. At the Williams shaft the vertical displacement of the Barnes conglomerate by the Iron Cap vein fault is no more than 100 feet.
The Williams shaft was started in diabase on the hanging-wall side of the Great Eastern vein. It reached the top of the Mescal limestone at a depth of 400 feet and the Great Eastern vein at about 650 feet.
Oxidized ore was found east of the shaft on the first level. It extended 50 to 80 feet above the level but secondary chalcocite ore is reached a few feet below the level. On the west side of the shaft the top of the chalcocite zone is a little below the second level. The bottom of the zone is about 30 feet below the 4th. level on both sides of the shaft.
The major working is the Williams shaft. The first mine level is the 667, with four additional levels at about 100 foot intervals.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Sonoran DesertDesert
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- Mazatzal DomainDomain
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