Morgan Mine (Nugget Mine), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Morgan Mine (Nugget Mine) | Mine |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 22' 5'' North , 110° 15' 26'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Miracle Valley | 644 (2011) | 10.0km |
| Sierra Vista Southeast | 14,797 (2011) | 10.3km |
| Palominas | 212 (2011) | 13.3km |
| Sierra Vista | 43,355 (2017) | 21.2km |
| Naco | 1,046 (2011) | 29.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 21km |
A former small surface and underground Au-Ag-W mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 1, T.24S., R.20E, on National Forest land. First produced 1900.
Mineralization is spotty gold and silver with some disseminated scheelite in quartz veins in Jurassic quartz monzonite intrusive.
Workings include a pit and shaft workings. Some gold-silver ore was produced from the mine and placers in the early 1900's and in 1939.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) Reference: Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise Co., AZ: 66 (Table 4). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona: 66 (Table 4).
Ludington, S. (1984) Preliminary mineral-resource assessment of the proposed Miller Peak Wilderness, Cochise County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0293, 10 p.: 3-4.
Tuftin, S.E. and Armstrong, R.C. (1994) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 1-94.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026984, MRDS ID #M001625; and, Dep. ID #10160897, MAS ID #0040030187.
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026984 |
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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
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Hartford Mining DistrictMining District
- Huachuca MountainsMountain Range
- Cochise County
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