Ricketts Quarry (Ricketts Mine), McGrew Spring, Whetstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Ricketts Quarry (Ricketts Mine) | Quarry |
McGrew Spring | Spring |
Whetstone Mining District | Mining District |
Cochise County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 51' 1'' North , 110° 21' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Whetstone | 2,617 (2011) | 12.0km |
Pimaco Two | 682 (2011) | 14.1km |
Benson | 4,888 (2017) | 14.5km |
Saint David | 1,699 (2011) | 15.1km |
Whetstone | 2,617 (2017) | 16.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 33km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33217
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33217:9
GUID (UUID V4):
fbcbb5c4-089c-4f11-bd10-d63b5b65b815
A silica quarry (smelter flux) located in the SW ¼ sec. 24, T.18S., R.19E, about 1.2 miles S of highway 90, on National Forest land. Discovered 1923. First produced 1950.
Mineralization is a large bull quartz body between Precambrian alaskite and quartz monzonite.
Workings are an open cut. Several tens of thousand tons of quartz were produced from 1955 to 1959.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Bull Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Bull Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Bull Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Bull Quartz | SiO2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10105241 |
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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
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Whetstone MountainsMountain Range
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Ricketts Quarry, McGrew Spring, Whetstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA