Alaskan Mine (Alaskan claim), Harquahala Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Alaskan Mine (Alaskan claim) | Mine |
| Harquahala Mining District | Mining District |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 45' 26'' North , 113° 20' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wenden | 728 (2011) | 19.4km |
| Salome | 1,530 (2011) | 24.9km |
| Aguila | 798 (2011) | 26.0km |
| Vicksburg | 597 (2011) | 37.5km |
| Wintersburg | 136 (2011) | 57.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
42935
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42935:0
GUID (UUID V4):
807764cf-53fb-40b5-8080-b24bc9a32281
‡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: 133.
Elsing, M.J. and Heineman, E.S. (1936) Arizona Metal Production, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 140: 104.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10027658, MRDS ID #M003717.
A former underground Au-Ag-Cu-Pb mine located in sec. 19, T5N, R10W, on the plain South of the Harquahala Mountains, about 13 miles SE of Wenden, on BLM-administered land. Discovered in 1920 by Mr. A. Johnson.
Here a gravel-mantled pediment is trenched by arroyos which expose steeply-dipping, metamorphosed, impure shales of probable Mesozoic age, in a few places. It is intruded by dikes of altered, basic porphyry.
The mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body locally associated with microdiorite dikes 20 to 25 MY in age. It occurs in a gently southward dipping brecciated zone that, due to flattening southward from the collar of the shaft, is only a few feet below the surface. Ore consists of brecciated, silicified shale with small fragments ofr coarsely crystalline, shiny gray quartz, cemented with limonite and other minerals and appears to represent a thrust fault zone into which the ore-bearing solutions entered from below along transverse fractures. Mineralization also includes Mn-dioxide.
Workings include a 187 foot (57 meters) deep inclined shaft (incline = 25º Southward). Production was 1,200 tons of ore containing $6-$16 of Au/T (period values); 722 tons of ore at 1.69% Cu, 0.503 oz. Au/T & 0.37 oz. Ag/T (Jan '25-May '33).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Lode gold, finely divided, mainly where chrysocolla & limonite are abundant. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Colour: Reddish |
| ⓘ Minium Formula: Pb3O4 Description: Described as yellow lead oxide. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Minium | 4.BD.05 | Pb3O4 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Minium | Pb3O4 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| 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 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Minium | Pb3O4 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027658 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Harquahala MountainsMountain Range
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