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Unnamed Cu prospect 95-7, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Unnamed Cu prospect 95-7Prospect
Amole Mining DistrictMining District
Tucson MountainsMountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 18' 6'' North , 111° 8' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Picture Rocks9,563 (2011)11.6km
Flowing Wells16,419 (2011)11.7km
Casas Adobes66,795 (2011)13.3km
Tucson Estates12,192 (2011)13.3km
Tortolita4,274 (2006)16.3km
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ClubLocationDistance
Old Pueblo Lapidary ClubTucson, Arizona21km
Tucson Gem and Mineral SocietyTucson, Arizona21km
Mindat Locality ID:
189589
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189589:9
GUID (UUID V4):
05a38af8-a3ca-4223-9a68-587f223dbb7d


Ref.: Ashley, R.P. (1974), Field Examination (Unnamed Cu prospect 95-7).

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10095438, MRDS ID #M050848.

A Cu occurrence/prospect with surface workings located in sec. 17, T13S, R12E.

Mineralization is a contact metasomatic deposit with ore in veinlets, hosted in rhyolite. The quartz veinlets with minor specular hematite and fairly abundant Cu silicates and limonite. An associated rock unit is quartz monzonite.

Workings include a pit.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Copper Stain'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O HematiteFe2O3
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3

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