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Last Time group, Iron Mountain area, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 59'' North , 111° 10' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.43306,-111.16917
GeoHash:
G#: 9tbynq31d
GRN:
N23W66
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Superior2,943 (2017)16.9km
Queen Valley788 (2011)18.7km
Top-of-the-World231 (2011)18.8km
Gold Camp10,159 (2011)19.9km
Gold Canyon10,159 (2017)25.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona28km
Apache Junction Rock and Gem ClubApache Junction, Arizona35km
Mindat Locality ID:
68642
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68642:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A group of asbestos-Cu-Fe claims located in the W½ sec. 19, T1N, R13E, (Haunted Canyon 7.5 minute topo map), about ¾ mile S of Iron Mountain.

Mineralization is chrysotile hosted in Mescal Limestone and includes secondary copper minerals. An associated rock unit is diabase.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

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Link to USGS MRDS:10056423

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References

USGS Haunted Canyon Quadrangle map.
USGS Silver Reef Mountains Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U files.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10056423, MRDS ID #TC00207; and Dep. ID #10161884, MAS ID #0040210601.
Stewart, L.A. (1955), Chrysotile-asbestos deposits of Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7706: 112.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Min. Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
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
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