Surprise Mine (New Gunsight Mine; New Gunsite Mine), Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Surprise Mine (New Gunsight Mine; New Gunsite Mine) | Mine |
Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District) | Mining District |
Pima County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 12' 16'' North , 112° 40' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Why | 167 (2017) | 8.9km |
Ajo | 3,304 (2011) | 25.0km |
Wahak Hotrontk | 114 (2011) | 29.9km |
Pisinemo | 321 (2011) | 38.8km |
Adolfo López Mateos | 201 (2014) | 38.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
35980
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:35980:2
GUID (UUID V4):
256434dd-6356-4dad-b0aa-1ed7e8018c97
A former small underground Au-Pb-Ag mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 16, T14S, R4W, 16 miles SE of Ajo. Owned at times, or in part, by the Gunsight Mining Co.; and, Sparks.
Mineralization is oxidized quartz stringers and lenses with weak and spotty lead minerals and small enriched pockets of gold hosted in Laramide granitic intrusive.
Workings include shaft and tunnel operations. A few tons of high-grade gold ore were shipped in 1932.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Shattuckite Formula: Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Shattuckite | 9.DB.40 | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109853 |
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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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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0040190425