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Buckhorn

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161337
MRDS ID D002814
MAS/MILS ID 0040070090
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn
Related records 10009700

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.8599, 34.00117 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gentry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(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 008 N 015 E 30 SWSWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.8599, 34.00117
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S45W
    Dip 04W
    Thickness 0M
    Length 240M
    Width 120M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 24M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 OTHER
    Strike And Dip S45W:04W
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JUN 76 BETTER ASB ECON WOULD MAKE THIS GOOD POTENTIAL RESOUR JUN 76 MOST DIABASE ADIT DEVELOP DONE NEED SOME MORE AND RAI JUN 76 COST 000 ACQ 10 EXP 10 DEV27 EQ 137 WCAP 66 PRODUCT I REC 120-UNIT PROD COST (420)INCLUDES MILLING. CAPITAL(250)MI

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .5
    Percent Waste Rock 96.5
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 120
    Number of Adits 2
    Capacity 5
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 420
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART 1955 CHRYS ASB DEP OF AZ USBM IC 7706 P 67-73.

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO & EMERICK 1957 JOINT REPORT DMEA 4844 P 7-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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