A former surface and underground asbestos mine located in secs. 19, 20 & 21, T5N, R14E, SE of Zimmerman Point, on National Forest land. Discovered 1915 and first produced 1917.
Mineralization is an irregular ore body hosted in Algal Mescal Limestone. The prospects are on the east side of a fault, west of which is diabase.
Workings include an adit and several open pits totalling 39.01 meters in length. Past production.
Assay data: Asbestos fiber harsh, poor tensile strength.
References:
Wilson, E.D. (1928) Asbestos Deposits of Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 126: 66, 84.
Stewart, L.A. (1955), Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7706: 64-67.
Stewart, L.A. (1956) Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits in Arizona. U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7745: 36.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 284.
Economic Geology: 18: 663.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026850, MRDS ID #M000506; and Dep. ID #10027320, MRDS ID #M002869; and Dep. ID #10160933, MAS ID #0040070455; and Dep. ID #10209698, MAS ID #0040070088.
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Map Reference: 33°45'29"N , 110°55'45"W
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