Unnamed lime quarry, Mohawk, Mohawk Mining District, Mohawk Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed lime quarry | Quarry |
| Mohawk | - not defined - |
| Mohawk Mining District | Mining District |
| Mohawk Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Yuma County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° North , 113° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
40702
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:40702:0
GUID (UUID V4):
33fb53ca-6973-4af2-9fd1-5b989bcdc47b
A lime quarry located a short distance NW of Mohawk. Started before 1911.
Mineralization is a lenticular mass of fine-grained, arkosic, biotite schist in gneiss that contains a bed of white to gray banded marble that strikes E. and dips 30ºN. and is about 6 feet thick.
This quarry operation furnished lime to the King of AZ (Kofa) cyanide plant.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
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