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Wenden King Mine group, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Wenden King Mine groupGroup of Mines
Cunningham Pass Mining DistrictMining District
La Paz CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 33'' North , 113° 35' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wenden728 (2011)15.7km
Salome1,530 (2011)20.0km
Vicksburg597 (2011)28.5km
Utting126 (2011)30.9km
Aguila798 (2011)37.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
33435
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33435:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Copper Basin Mine; Copperopolis Mine; Iron Cap group


A former underground Cu-Au-Ag-Fe mine located in the SW¼ sec. 11, T7N, R13W (Salome 15 minute topo map). Exact location unknown. Owned at times, or in part, by Hatch; and James & Associates. Mr. Craig had unspecified involvement here.

Mineralization is spotty copper-gold ores in stringers and pockets, with strong hematite along shears and fractures in a major shear zone cutting Precambrian metamorphics intruded by dioritic and granitic dikes.

Workings include a shaft(s). Prospected and mined from the early 1900's to 1956, producing some 100 tons of ore averaging about 6% Cu, 1 oz. Au/T, and 0.2 oz. Ag/T.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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Link to USGS MRDS:10259225
Link to USGS MRDS:10113921

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