Rock House prospect (Rock House group; American Fiber Co. property; Montezuma claim; Montezuma Mine; Many claim; King claim), Castle Peak area, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 33'' North , 110° 47' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
132280
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132280:7
GUID (UUID V4):
4f67d4bd-aca3-46a3-ba32-0b51afde08df
A former surface and underground asbestos mine located in sec. 27, T7N, R15E, about 2¾ miles ENE of Castle Peak, just W of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation boundary line.
Mineralization is ore in lenses hosted in the Mescal Limestone.
Area structures include a NW-SE-trending fault about ½ mile south of the camp, whose downthrow is on the NE and probably less than 100 feet, cuts across the property.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chrysotile | 9.. | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10009459 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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