| Deposit ID | 10258598 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10366 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040070111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | El Dorado Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chrysotile Mines, Eldorado Mine, Ash Creek Deposits, Arizona Asbestos Association, H.W. Johns-Manville Co., Western Chemical Co. |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.55709, 33.74178 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1481 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004+N | 017 E | 34 | NWSW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Asbestos | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Chrysotile | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Wollastonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -110.55709, 33.74178 |
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| Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 05N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 457M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 15HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 235M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Salt River District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jaquays Mining Corp. |
| ID | 0200951 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | 1219 S. 19th Ave, Phoenix Az 85009 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Asbestos Fiber - Grades Aaa, 3z, 4t, 7mf 142 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1953 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 290 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 318 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 435 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 606 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 639 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 860 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 533 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 600 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 987 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1333 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1006 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1964 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1185 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1965 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1103 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1966 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1313 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1395 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1559 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1969 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 2205 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 2135 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 2392 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 2325 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1685 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1157 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1507 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1045 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 526 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 446 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 305 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 287 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 189 Mt Fiber | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 3050M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070111 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10366 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 0200951 |
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| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE EL DORADO MINE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 1982. THE MINE AND MILL, EVIDENTLY ALONG WITH OTHER ASBESTOS PROPERTIES BELONGING TO JAQUAYS, ARE CURRENTLY FOR SALE AT AN ASKING PRICE OF $1,250,000. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1993 | Sawyer, Michael B. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 01/14/1983 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 0200951 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | El Dorado Mine |
| Current operator | Jaquays Mining Corp |
| Current controller (parent) | Jaquays D W |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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