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Lookout Mountain Copper Mine (Triple S Mine; Patience group; Evelyn Cordella group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Lookout Mountain Copper Mine (Triple S Mine; Patience group; Evelyn Cordella group)Mine
Yavapai CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 23' 38'' North , 112° 27' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.39417,-112.45944
GeoHash:
G#: 9w058vm89
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wilhoit868 (2011)12.2km
Prescott41,899 (2017)16.2km
Mayer1,497 (2011)20.5km
Dewey-Humboldt3,894 (2011)25.0km
Prescott Valley42,197 (2017)27.4km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Prescott Gem & Mineral ClubPrescott Valley, Arizona27km
Black Canyon City Rock ClubBlack Canyon City, Arizona46km
Mindat Locality ID:
68778
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68778:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former underground Cu-Ag-Au-W mine located in the SW¼ sec. 10, T.12N., R.2W. (Groom Creek 7.5 minute topo map). Claims extend into S½ sec. 9.

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

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References

USGS Groom Creek Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Patience Group file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10113310, MAS ID #0040251319.
Yavapai Magazine (1918) July, 1918: 6.
Yavapai Magazine (1921) June, 1921: 10.
Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten Deposits of Gila, Yavapai, and Mohave Counties, Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8078: 22.
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.17 - Table 1
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