Trigo Mountains Mining District (Cibola Mining District), La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Trigo Mountains Mining District (Cibola Mining District) | Mining District |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
33° North , 113° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~101km
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
33827
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33827:0
GUID (UUID V4):
d524136d-56ce-4b4b-9ee5-f29cccc9bb5e
A Mn-Au-Ag mining district located in T1-3S, R23-27W, in the northern and central Trigo Mountains.
Mineralization is varied: (1): Manganese oxides in lenticular shoots and bodies within fault zone breccias in Tertiary volcanics overlying Mesozoic schists; (2): Spotty gold in quartz-limonite fissure veins cutting Mesozoic schist, intruded by narrow granitic-porphyry dikes; and, (3): Gold placers deposits in washes below the area of the gold veins.
Original operations were on small gold veins and placers in the 1890's but manganese deposits received little attention until the 1950's when buying stations were established for low-grade material. Only about 52 tons of mined gold ore have been produced accounting for not more than some 62 oz. of gold and 10 oz. of silver. Placer operations may have produced some 323 oz. of gold with minor silver. The total production of manganese ore would be some 7,000 long tons of 40% or more Mn and 24,000 long tons of 20-30% Mn.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| β | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| β | var. Iron-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Limonite' | - | |
| β | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | β Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| O | β Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | β Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Mn | β Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Trigo Mountains Mining District (Cibola Mining District)
- La Paz County
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Trigo Mountains Mining District (Cibola Mining District)
- La Paz County
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- Mojave DomainDomain
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Trigo Mountains Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA