Keystone Mine (Golden Fleece Mine), Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 51' 2'' North , 111° 14' 56'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Arivaca Junction | 1,090 (2011) | 22.4km |
Amado | 295 (2011) | 23.6km |
Green Valley | 21,391 (2011) | 24.1km |
Three Points | 5,581 (2011) | 25.9km |
Sahuarita | 25,707 (2017) | 30.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
36252
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:36252:3
GUID (UUID V4):
9ea4f9df-819e-4f7e-8b2b-380f9d9c5b6e
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 135 (Table 4); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
USGS Twin Buttes Quadrangle topo map.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10137578, MAS ID #0040190274.
A former underground Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu mine located in East-central sec. 9 & West-central sec. 10, T.18S., R.11E., on land of unknown status. Owned at times, or in part, by McGee; and the Sierrita Mining & Ranching Co. (1956).
Mineralization is spotty, partly oxidized base metal sulfides in quartz fissure zone in Triassic and Cretaceous volcanics, cut by laramide andesite dikes. Near-surface enrichment of gold and silver.
Workings include shallow shafts and adits. Small intermittent production from 1921 to 1956, of some 170 tons of ore averaging about 1 oz. Au/T, 3 oz. Ag/T, 1% Pb and minor Cu.
List of minerals for each chemical element
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10137578 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Mojave DomainDomain
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