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Cassadore Deposit

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027451
MRDS ID M003119
Record type Site
Current site name Cassadore Deposit
Related records 10113029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38401, 33.49675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 14 MI. N OF SAN CARLOS INDIAN AGENCY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natural Corral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 002N 019E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 - 2 IN., HARSH-SEMISOFT 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
    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) -110.38401, 33.49675
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description On The South Side Of The Creek, The Diabase Concordantly Contacts The Base Of The Algal Member For About 150 Ft. Up The Hillside Slope And Then Gradually Cuts Discordantly Downward Through Beds Of The Lower Mescal Member

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1956, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 32.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HISTORY AND ORIGINAL CLAIM NAMES ARE NOT KNOWN. THE CONDITION OF THE CUTS INDICATES THAT THE WORK WAS DONE MANY YEARS AGO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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