Asbestos Peak

Past Producer in Gila 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. 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. Ownership information
  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 10209698
MAS/MILS ID 0040070088
Record type Site
Current site name Asbestos Peak
Alternate or previous names American Ore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.9457, 33.76087 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
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

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 005 N 014 E 20 N2NWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.9457, 33.76087

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.1M
    Length 490M
    Width 150M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 30M
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 15
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Nichols
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    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
    Capacity 10
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 450
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Operating Days per Year 200
    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 64-67.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JUN 76 DEP EASILY DRILLED FROM SURFACE SUGGEST TRENCH N SIDE JUN 76 APPEARS OPEN CUT MINING MORE COSTLY THAN UNDERGROUND. JUN 76 COST IN 000 ACQ 0 EXPL 15 DEV 50 EQ 95 WK CAP 20.MIN REC 120-UNIT PROD COST (450)INCLUDES MILLING. CAPITAL COSTS FOR MINING ONLY.

Reporter information

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

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.