Little Favor Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10027392
MRDS ID M003015
Record type Site
Current site name Little Favor Group
Alternate or previous names Cibecue Mining Co.
Related records 10210096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58402, 33.74119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 1.25 MILES WEST OF CHRYSOTILE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrysotile(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 04N 017E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 TO 2 INCH, HARSH TO SOFT 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 Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58402, 33.74119

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mescal Limestone Which Lies Between Two Quartzite Formations Has Been Intruded By Several Diabase Sills Of Variable Thickness, Which Sometimes Split And Occasionally Include Isolated Masses Of Limestone. Because Of The Irregularity Of The Intrusions The Limestone Beds Exhibit Variable Attitudes From Essentially Flat Lying To Dips Of 30 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S 20 E
    Dip 30 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 80.77M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1956, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 16.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OLD LOCKE MINE IS LOCATED 1/2 MILE FROM THE MAIN CAMP ON CLAIM NO. 9 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5500 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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

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