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Cave Creek District, Verde Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Ref.: Wilson, E.D. (1941), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 148: 26.

This district is located in the southern spurs of the Verde Mountains, about 30 miles North of Phoenix.

It is a polymetallic mining area containing Cu-Au-Ag-Pb-W-Mo-V. Country rock is granite, schist and gneiss, overlain on the North by volcanic rocks. Mineralization is in good sized veins with well-defined walls.

Total output of gold is $250,000 (period values), mostly before 1900.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Chalcocite
  		• Chlorargyrite
  		• Copper
  		• Cuprotungstite
  		• Ferberite
  		• Galena
  		• Gold
  		• Gypsum
  		• Hematite
  		• Lindgrenite
  		• Magnesite
  		• Orthoclase
  		• Pyrite
  		• Quartz
    var: Jasper
       var: Milky Quartz
  		• Scheelite
  		• Tetrahedrite
    var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
  		• Vanadinite


    18 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa Co.
        • Verde Mts
          • Cave Creek District
            • Blue Wash
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa Co.
        • Verde Mts
          • Cave Creek District
            • New River Mesa
            • Rover Peak
            • Rowe Wash

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