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White Tail Group

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Asbestos, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027450
MRDS ID M003118
Record type Site
Current site name White Tail Group
Alternate or previous names Horse Shoe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.50402, 33.81036 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT 1 AIR MI. N. OF SALT RIVER BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Hoof Bend(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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 017E 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED ON THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Magnetite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 3 OR 4 INCHES OF SOFT AMBER-COLOR FIBER

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.50402, 33.81036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1922 AND 1923 , CONSIDERABLE ASBESTOS WAS MINED FROM THE PROPERTY, BUT DURING 1924 AND 1925 , NO PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF FIBER WAS SHIPPED IN 1926 AND 1927 , BUT VERY LITTLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE OCT. 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A FEW SMALL OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L. A.; 1955 ; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706 , P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    HARPER, C. M.; 1964 ; RECONNAISSANE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 56 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D.; 1928 ; ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 126 , P. 63 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 126 , P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE TAIL GROUP OF MINES CONSIST OF TWO PRODUCING MINES THE HORSESHOE AND WHITE TAIL NO. 2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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