Red Chief prospect (Red Chief deposit; Red Chief No. 5 claim; Barium No. 21 claim), Bouse, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 49' 32'' North , 114° 3' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Bouse | 996 (2011) | 13.0km |
Utting | 126 (2011) | 16.2km |
Brenda | 676 (2011) | 19.5km |
Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 23.8km |
Vicksburg | 597 (2011) | 30.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 24km |
Mindat Locality ID:
53137
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53137:2
GUID (UUID V4):
cd5a8fd1-b02a-4542-979c-edad7c17b194
‡Ref.: Stewart, L.A. & A.J. Pfister (1960), Barite deposits of Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651 (as revised by ILS 7-79).
Elevatorski, E.A. (1971), Arizona Fluorspar, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651: 74-77.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, AZ Dept. Mines & Min. Resources Open File Rept. 92-10: 9 (Table 1).
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 128.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10060295, MRDS ID #TC10315; and, Dep. ID #10113674, MAS ID #0040120398.
A former surface and underground Baryte-Fluorspar-Be-Mn-Cu prospect/deposit located in sec. 29, in the N½ sec. 31 and in the N½ sec. 32, T6N., R.17W. (Bouse 15 minute topo map). The point given is a central location.
Mineralization is 2 to 4 parallel baryte veins with quartz and Cu oxides and Mn oxides in the fissures of a narrow fracture zone in Tertiary or Cretaceous volcanic agglomerate.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
ⓘ 'Jasper' |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
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ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Jasper' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10060295 |
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