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Quartzite Mountain (Stanley Butte [nearby]; Quartzite Mountain Garnets), Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USAi
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Quartzite Mountain (Stanley Butte [nearby]; Quartzite Mountain Garnets)Mountain
Stanley Mining DistrictMining District
Santa Teresa MountainsMountain Range
Aravaipa Mining DistrictMining District
Graham CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 2' 30'' North , 110° 21' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.04167,-110.35417
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Mountain
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bylas1,962(2011)24.1km
Peridot1,350(2011)31.3km
San Carlos4,038(2015)35.1km
Fort Thomas374(2011)36.2km
Winkelman346(2017)39.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
3382
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:3382:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former surface specimen and abrasive (garnet) mine located in sec. 36, T4S, R19E, N of Stanley Butte on the S slope of Quartzite Mountain about 10 miles SE of Coolidge Dam.

Mineralization is andradite garnet which occurs with other silicate minerals in a zone of metamorphosed Paleozoic limestone near a granitic intrusive of Laramide age.

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5 valid minerals.

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ⓘAndradite
Formula:Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Habit: Crystals to 2 inches (5 cm) diameter; aggregates of well-formed crystals
ⓘAndradite var. Topazolite
Formula:Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘBaryte
Formula:BaSO4
ⓘFluorite
Formula:CaF2
Habit: Crystals
Description: Occurs in barite veins.
ⓘHedenbergite
Formula:CaFe2+Si2O6
ⓘQuartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit: Slender, tapering crystals several inches long
Description: Abundant as crystals; at times associated with and including andradite.

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Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3ⓘAndradite
SiO2ⓘQuartz

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAndradite9.AD.25Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘvar. Topazolite9.AD.25Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘHedenbergite9.DA.15CaFe2+Si2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
OⓘAndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
OⓘBaryteBaSO4
OⓘHedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
OⓘQuartzSiO2
OⓘAndradite var.TopazoliteCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
FFluorine
FⓘFluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
SiⓘAndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
SiⓘHedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
SiⓘQuartzSiO2
SiⓘAndradite var.TopazoliteCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
SSulfur
SⓘBaryteBaSO4
CaCalcium
CaⓘAndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
CaⓘFluoriteCaF2
CaⓘHedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
CaⓘAndradite var.TopazoliteCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
FeIron
FeⓘAndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
FeⓘHedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
FeⓘAndradite var.TopazoliteCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
BaBarium
BaⓘBaryteBaSO4

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Link to USGS MRDS:10060331

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References

USGS San Carlos Reservoir Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10060331, MRDS ID #TC10390; and Dep. ID #10283123, AS ID #0040090283.
(1925) Geology and ore deposits of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts, Graham County, Arizona.Bulletin 763. US Geological Surveydoi:10.3133/b763
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 43, 94.
Sinkankas, John (1964)Mineralogy for Amateurs (1st ed.) Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Sinkankas, J. (1966), Mineralogy; a first course, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ.
Peirce, H.W. (1969), Gem Materials, in USGS & Arizona Bureau of Mines & US Bureau of Reclamation, Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180 (USGS Bull.871): 359.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Minerals Report No. 2: 33, 70.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987)Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
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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