Silver Flame Mine, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 34' 59'' North , 111° 19' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 0.9km |
Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 24.0km |
Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 26.8km |
Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 27.1km |
Amado | 295 (2011) | 28.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
189490
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189490:8
GUID (UUID V4):
aa0b9267-4709-419e-9cd0-58227f8d4545
Ref.: Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (1957) file data.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048107, MRDS ID #M800100; and, Dep. ID #10210540, MAS ID #0040190665.
A former small surface Pb-Ag mine located in the SW¼NE¼ sec. 21, T21S, R10E, 1 mile NNE of the Arivaca townsite, on private land. Operated 1947-1949. Operated by T.L. Stockwell.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hoasted in granite. Ore control was fractures in granite. Alteration includes oxidation, surface enrichment. Gangue is quartz.
The nearby Amado Mine contains argentiferous galena and sphalerite. This mine is not mentioned in ABGMT Bull. 189. It is the only prospect in the quarter section given by MILS.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10048107 |
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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
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