Skip shaft, Empire Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Skip shaft | Group of Shafts |
Empire Mine | - not defined - |
Cochise County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° North , 109° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~91km
Type:
Group of Shafts
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
54701
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:54701:8
GUID (UUID V4):
ffde6fdc-39a0-41e4-9e7c-2df5705a825f
‡Ref.: Butler, B.S., et al (1938b), Geology and ore deposits of the Tombstone district, Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 143: 51.
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 153: 13.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 147.
Mineralization is the Skip shaft fissure on the fourth level of the shaft.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
ⓘ Bromargyrite Formula: AgBr Habit: Individual crystals & irregular scales Colour: Gray-green Description: Occurs throughout limonitic gangue. |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ 'Limonite' Description: A component of gangue (gossan). |
ⓘ Sulphur Formula: S8 Habit: Small Colour: Amber-yellow Description: Resinous, replacing anglesite and galena. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Bromargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgBr |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Sulphur | S8 |
Br | Bromine | |
Br | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Tombstone HillsGroup of Hills
- Cochise County
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