Bass Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027893
MRDS ID M004367
Record type Site
Current site name Bass Mine
Alternate or previous names Asbestos Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38215, 36.25334 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Relative position IN HAKATAI CANYON, 1/2 MI. N OF COLORADO RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell Plateau(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 033N 001W 22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Analytical data

Result PRODUCTION OF 4" ASBESTOS 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 Bass Limestone
    Rock description Bass Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.38215, 36.25334

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS ALONG BEDDING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thickest Veins Occur In Limestone, 3 To 15 Ft. Below Diabase Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ASBESTOS SHIPPED TO EUROPE. SELECTIVELY MINED IN 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, L.F., 1914, SHINUMO QUADRANGLE: USGS BULL 549, P. 57 - 60.

  • Deposit

    BREED, W.J., AND ROAT, E. (ED.), 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAND CANYON, P. 174.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 115.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    REF #2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10364 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ASBESTOS VEINS UP TO 4 INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.