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Golconda Mine (Golconda claim), Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 3' 22'' North , 112° 18' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.05639,-112.30750
GeoHash:
G#: 9w01sru0v
GRN:
N23W67
Locality type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Black Canyon City2,837 (2011)14.5km
New River14,952 (2011)22.2km
Anthem21,700 (2011)25.7km
Cordes Lakes2,633 (2011)33.7km
Spring Valley1,148 (2011)34.9km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Black Canyon City Rock ClubBlack Canyon City, Arizona15km
Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral ClubAnthem, Arizona26km
Wickenburg Gem and Mineral SocietyWickenburg, Arizona40km


A former underground Au-Ag-As mine. Discovered 1897. Produced 1913.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with a tabular ore body. Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidation at near surface. Alteration was sericitization adjacent to some dikes. An associated rock unit is the Crazy Basin Monzonite and rhyolite porphyry dikes.

Area structures include Veins parallel to rhyolite dikes and foliation in Precambrian xenoliths (quartz-mica schist) that trends N40-50E.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Gold
Formula: Au
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048063, MRDS ID #M800033.
β“˜ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048063, MRDS ID #M800033.
β“˜ Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048063, MRDS ID #M800033.
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048063, MRDS ID #M800033.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
AuGold
Auβ“˜ GoldAu

References

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Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 178-179.
Elsing and Heineman (1936) Arizona Metal Production. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 140: 60-61.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10048063, MRDS ID #M800033.

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