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Iron Cap Mine (Iron Cap property), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 19' 50'' North , 111° 8' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.33056,-111.13333
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Superior2,943 (2017)5.3km
Top-of-the-World231 (2011)13.2km
Queen Valley788 (2011)14.9km
Gold Camp10,159 (2011)16.4km
Miami1,783 (2017)25.7km
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona26km
Apache Junction Rock and Gem ClubApache Junction, Arizona40km
Mindat Locality ID:
50660
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:50660:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Cu-Ag-Au prospect/mine located in the N½ sec. 21, T1S, R12E, (Picketpost Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about 2¾ miles NW of Superior. This property may overlap the Prudential group claims

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

NOTE: The coordinates provided in the MRDS file are in obvious error. The value presented for the longitude places the property N of Queen valley, near Florence Junction. The adjusted value is approximate based on the information regarding this property's proximity to the Prudential group.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10113263

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Iron Cap Property file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10113263, MAS ID #0040210554.
Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1919) The copper deposits of Ray and Miami, Arizona. Professional Paper 115. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp115
Galbraith, F. W. (1947) Minerals of Arizona (Second Edition, Revised) University of Arizona Bulletin 153. Arizona Bureau of Mines
Schwartz, George Melvin (1947) Hydrothermal alteration in the "porphyry copper" deposits. Economic Geology, 42 (4) 319-352 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.42.4.319
Clarke, O.M. (1953), Geochemical prospecting for copper at Ray, Arizona, Economic Geology: 48: 39-45.
Rose, Arthur W. (1970) Zonal relations of wallrock alteration and sulfide distribution at porphyry copper deposits. Economic Geology, 65 (8) 920-936 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.65.8.920
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.14 - Table 1
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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