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Independent group (Conway prospect), Mistake Peak area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 33°56'6"N
Longitude: 111°7'55"W

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An underground asbestos prospect/occurrence located in secs. 20 & 21, T7N, R12E, about 1¾ miles NE of Mistake Peak, and 12 air miles NE of the Tonto Basin Post Office, on National Forest land. Location is approximate, the area is unsurveyed.

Mineralization is lens-shaped ore bodies hosted in Mescal Limestone. The ore zone is 121.92 meters long. An associated rock unit is diabase.

Assay data: Trace to 2 inches, harsh fiber.

Workings include several adits totalling 33.53 meters in length. No production record.

References

Stewart, L.A. (1955), Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7706: 99.

USGS Picture Mountain Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Independent group file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10027323, MRDS ID #M002871; and Dep. ID #10185760, MAS ID #0040070418.

Mineral List

Chrysotile

'Serpentine Group'

2 entries listed. 1 valid mineral.

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