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Chiricahua Prospect

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026832
MRDS ID M000455
Record type Site
Current site name Chiricahua Prospect
Related records 10137109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60929, 33.2737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucket Mountain(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 002S 017E 9 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG FROM ARBITRARY POINT IN SECTION 9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASBESTOS IN THE UPPER ZONE IS SOFT AND OF GOOD TENSILE STRENGTH; THE FIBER VEINS ARE DISCONTINUOUS, AND ASBESTOS OCCURS ONLY SPORADICALLY ALONG THE OUTCROP. AT THE PIT, ASBESTOS VEINS OF THE UPPER ZONE TOTAL 1 1/2 INCHES. THE ASBESTOS OF THE LOWEST THREE ZONES IS HARSH AND OF MODERATE TENSILE STRENGTH, AND RANGES FROM 1/4 TO 1 INCH THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

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) -110.60929, 33.2737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOUR ASBESTOS - SERPENTINE ZONES PARALLEL THE BEDDING OF THE LIMESTONE.

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

  • ONLY DEVELOPMENT IS ONE SHALLOW PIT, PROBABLY DUG IN THE EARLY 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., AND SHRIDE, A.F., 1956, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN CARLOS RESERVATION, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-N, P. 676.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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