Southern Cross Mine (Lucky Lead Mine; Lead Camp Mine; Lead King), Ibex Peak, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 46' 42'' North , 114° 2' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brenda | 676 (2011) | 13.8km |
| Utting | 126 (2011) | 15.3km |
| Bouse | 996 (2011) | 17.4km |
| Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 22.0km |
| Vicksburg | 597 (2011) | 26.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 22km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33754
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33754:5
GUID (UUID V4):
16c54cb7-f0ca-4748-ac34-f59531a2031f
‡Ref.: Bancroft, H. (1911), Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 451: 90-91.
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: 171 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109003, MRDS ID #M001810; and, Dep. ID #10283510, MAS ID #0040120309; and, Dep. ID #10283722, MAS ID #0040120442.
A former surface and underground Pb-Ag-Zn-Cu-Au-Fe mine located in the NW¼ sec. 16, T5N, R17W, 9 miles S of Bouse, 1 mile NE of Ibex Mountain, on BLM-administered land. Owned at times, or in part, by Cowell & Brown; Brewer; and the Southern Cross Mining Co.
Mineralization is spotty stringers and pods of galena and secondary copper and lead minerals with quartz and iron oxides in a strong fault zone cutting metamorphosed Mesozoic sedimentary series of limestone and quartzite intruded by diabase dikes and a plug.
Workings on the property are only of a prospecting nature, and consist mainly of superficial exploration with open cuts and a shallow shaft. This mine was worked in the 1900's and in 1948 through 1958. It produced some 1,370 tons of ore averaging about 14% Pb, 4 oz. Ag/T, 1.4% Zn, 0.03 oz. Au/T, and 0.1% Cu.
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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
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| 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 | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| 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 | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109003 |
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