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White Oak Mine (White Oak property; White Oaks Mine; Walker Canyon; Old Clarke Mine; Old Clark Mine; Sunrise Mine; White Oak #1 adit), Walker Canyon, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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White Oak Mine (White Oak property; White Oaks Mine; Walker Canyon; Old Clarke Mine; Old Clark Mine; Sunrise Mine; White Oak #1 adit)Mine
Walker CanyonCanyon
Big Steve - White Oak group- not defined -
Pajarito Mining DistrictMining District
Pajarito MountainsMountain Range
Santa Cruz CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 22' 23'' North , 111° 5' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Nogales20,252 (2017)14.6km
Rio Rico18,962 (2011)14.9km
Nogales212,533 (2018)15.2km
Beyerville177 (2011)19.6km
Tumacacori-Carmen393 (2015)23.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
34114
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34114:0
GUID (UUID V4):
5ed03c01-bfa4-48bc-be23-db38f249b0bf


A Ag-Pb-Au-Cu-Zn-U mine located in North-central (SE¼NW¼NE¼) sec. 2, T24S, R12E, 15 miles NW of Nogales, at the head of Walker Canyon, on National Forest land. Owned by W.H. Clarke.

Mineralization is irregular, narrow, shear zones containing spotty argentiferous, oxidized, lead mineralization, largely cerussite, pyrite, and minor copper, zinc, and gold, cutting Cretaceous quartz latite volcanics (rhyolite). The deposit is in a mineralized shear zone from which oxidized lead ore was mined. The shear zone strikes about N55E and dips from 70SE to vertical and averages 80SE. It extends for at least 1,500 feet across the property. It contains to as much as 3 feet of breccia and gouge in a zone of intense shearing near the middle. Mineralization fills fissures and partly replaces gouge and breccia. Spotty kasolite, uranophane, autunite and uranium-bearing pyromorphite have been recognized. Pyrite gossan.

Workings include the White Oak adit, the White Oak No. 1 adit, 4 smaller adits and several surface cuts and pits. The White Oak adit was almost continually stoped; the adit is blocked 350 feet from the portal. Worked for high-grade silver values prior to 1900 and sporadically from 1925 through 1958.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


16 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Description: Fillings in fissures & partly replaces breccia & gouge.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Dumontite
Formula: Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Kasolite
Formula: Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
Description: Crystalline mat. assoc. w. oxidized Pb ore in shear zone in rhyolite.
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyromorphite ?
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Description: Uraniferous.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Uranophane
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Amethyst4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Pyromorphite ?8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Autunite8.EB.05Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Dumontite8.EC.15Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Kasolite9.AK.15Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
Uranophane9.AK.15Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H DumontitePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
H KasolitePb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O AnglesitePbSO4
O AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O DumontitePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
O KasolitePb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
O UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si KasolitePb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
PPhosphorus
P AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
P DumontitePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
S AnglesitePbSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Ca AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb DumontitePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb KasolitePb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
UUranium
U AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
U DumontitePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O
U KasolitePb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
U UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

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