Tres Metals Mine (Five Metals Mine), Brownell Mountains, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 13' 18'' North , 112° 16' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wahak Hotrontk | 114 (2011) | 10.1km |
| Maish Vaya | 158 (2011) | 14.6km |
| Pisinemo | 321 (2011) | 21.0km |
| Santa Rosa | 628 (2011) | 24.2km |
| Anegam | 151 (2011) | 28.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
189493
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189493:9
GUID (UUID V4):
6602e22c-e476-42ec-a263-109588d8a2fb
Ref.: U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048110, MRDS ID #M800104; and, Dep. ID #10234401, MAS ID #0040190569.
A former small surface and underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au-Zn mine located east of center sec. 9, T14S, R1E, on the western slope of Sierra Blanca, 42 miles SE of Ajo. Operated in 1942. Operated by Keith Knight.
Mineralization is a vein deposit. Ore control was contact fissure or fault zones. Alteration includes oxidation. An associated rock unit is quartz monzonite.
The nearby Black Prince Mine contains galena, malachite, azurite and silver. This mine is not described in ABGMT Bull. 189. Located in the "Brownell District."
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10234401 |
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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
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
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