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American Ores Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027320
MRDS ID M002869
Record type Site
Current site name American Ores Mine
Alternate or previous names Asbestos Peak Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94348, 33.75951 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 0.5 MILE SW OF ZIMMERMAN POINT, 1/4 MILE SE OF ASBESTOS POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 014E 20,19 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 37 ROAD MILES N OF GLOBE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result IT IS SAID THAT CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF 4 TO 6 INCH FIBER WERE OBTAINED, OCCASIONALLY THE FIBER WAS OF EXCEPTIONAL LENGTH WHICH MEASURED AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES. ASBESTOS FIBER RANGED FROM HARSH TO SOFT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94348, 33.75951
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip HORI
    Length 502.92M
    Width 99.06M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IT WAS DETERMINED BY MEANS OF CAREFUL MEASUREMENTS (MADE AT FIVE-FOOT HORIZONTAL INTERVALS THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE WORKINGS) THAT THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF ALL ASBESTOS VEINS IN THE MAIN ZONE IS 0.654 FEET, AND THIS CONTAINS AN AVERAGE RECOVERABLE CONTENT OF SPINNING FIBER OF 14 %. IT WAS FURTHER CALCULATED THAT EACH 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF MINERALIZED AREA IN THE MAIN ORE ZONE WOULD YIELD: 0.1 TONS NO. 1 CRUDE; 0.29 TONS LONG HARSH; 0.34 TONS MILL FIBER; AND 17.5 TONS MILL ROCK

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 265.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF 20 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1928, ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 126, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    ECON GEOL, V.L 18, P. 663.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706 , P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHRYSOTILE APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF SERPENTINE (BATEMAN, 1923).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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