| Deposit ID | 10027371 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002976 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Asbestos Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Cherry Creek, Buckhorn, Wolf Spring, Volsberg, Wilson, Benstago, Smith, No. 1, No. 2, Home, Tony, Wolf Springs, No. 7 |
| Related records | 10185572, 10161519 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.88653, 34.01618 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YOUNG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Young(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008N}008N | 014E}015E | 23,25,26,}19,20,29,30,32,33 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Asbestos | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysotile | Ore |
| Result | SOFT FIBER OF GOOD LENGTH & TENSILE STRENGTH |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Mescal Limestone |
| Rock description | Mescal Lst |
| (1) | -110.88653, 34.01618 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | HORI |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1921 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | Sierra Ancha District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Asbestos Cement Corp. |
| First year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002976 |
STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 67.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | POCKETS, VEINS, AND LENSES OF ASBESTOS. DEPOSIT IS FLAT-LYING AND CROPS OUT IN CLIFF FACES. |
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY OWNED BY AMERICAN ASBESTOS CEMENT CORP., LOCATION CONSISTS OF 93 CLAIMS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003024 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1994 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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