Sue Mine (Sue Manganese Mine), Cienega Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sue Mine (Sue Manganese Mine) | Mine |
| Cienega Mining District | Mining District |
| Buckskin Mountains | Mountain Range |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 11' 35'' North , 114° 12' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cienega Springs | 1,798 (2011) | 1.3km |
| Parker Strip | 662 (2011) | 3.2km |
| Bluewater | 725 (2011) | 5.6km |
| Bluewater | 172 (2011) | 5.9km |
| Parker | 3,046 (2017) | 8.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society | Lake Havasu City, Arizona | 34km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33424
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33424:7
GUID (UUID V4):
bc9ee73f-ebb7-43d9-ab92-e0883646a041
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 127.
Zambrano, Elias (1965) Geology of the Cienega mining district, northwest Yuma County, Arizona: Rolla, University of Missouri, M.S. thesis, 64 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 143 (Table 4).
Wilkins, J. and Heidrick, T.L. (1982) Base and Precious Metal Mineralization Related to Low-Angle Tectonic Features in the Whipple Mountains, California, and Buckskin Mountains, Arizona, in: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Colorado River Region, California, Arizona, and Nevada. Cordilleran Publishers: 182.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, AZ Dept. Mines & Min. Resources Open File Rept. 92-10: 9 (Table 1).
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology production file data.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10027864, MRDS ID #M004243; and, Dep. ID #10234865, MAS ID #0040120458.
A small former underground Cu-Au-Ag-Mn mine located in West-central sec. 23, T.10N., R.19W. (Black Peak 15 minute topo map), about ½ mile north of the Rio Vista Mine, due W from Billy Mack Mountain, 6 miles E of Parker. This property is comprised of 1 patented and 6 (?) unpatented claims. Operated 1925 to 1963. Owned at times, or in part, by Mr. H. Mack; Mr. M. Osborne (1939), Mr. D. Wray (1940); the Associated Mining Co.; and the Health & Wealth Club, Inc. Owned by Mr. Harry Osborne (1957, 1966-).
Mineralization is spotty and irregular copper ores, oxidized near the surface and with relict, partly replaced sulfides in depth, with hematite, in a gangue of quartz, calcite and barite in a brecciated fault zone cutting silicified and metamorphosed Paleozoic-Mesozoic limestone and Precambrian metamorphics, probably close to a thrust fault zone. It is associated with low-angle normal faults. Ore bodies found within and above the flinty, chloritic, micro-brecciated detachment surface. The zone strikes N25ºW and dips about 80º SW. The country rock is schistose quartzite and siliceous limestone. Alteration is minor iron oxide. An associated rock unit is basalt.
Workings include tunnel and 2 shafts at 100 feet (30.48 meters) deep, each with 400 feet of drifts, cross cuts, and raises off the main shaft; also, about 600 feet of tunnels, crosscuts, stopes and surface workings. This mine was prospected and mined sporadically from the late 1860's to 1963. It produced some 400 tons of ore averaging about 3.5% Cu, 0.2 oz. Au/T, and 0.1 oz. Ag/T. Has produced some rich ore.
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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
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027864 |
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