Mitchell Barite prospect (Ireland Barite; Barium King group; Barium King 1 through 14 claims; Barite King), Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 33°4'9"N
Longitude: 110°20'47"W
A surface and underground Baryte-Fluorspar occurrence/prospect located in sec. 19 and sec. 20, T4S, R20E, about 5 miles West of Turnbull Mountain and 8 miles N of Aravaipa, in the northern end of the Santa Teresa Mountains, on Indian ceded lands. The property is comprised of a group of 14 baryte-fluorspar claims (Barium King Nos. 1 - 14). The Barite group extends into section 24, T4S, R19E, and sec. 13. Lat-long from the center of sec. 20.
Mineralization is a deposit 60.96 meters long and 15.24 meters wide, host in trachyte that is brecciated.
Assay results: 62.2% BaSO4, 10.6% CaF2.
References
Ross, Clyde P. (1925) Geology and ore deposits of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts, Graham County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 763: 114.
Stewart, L.A. & A.J. Pfister (1960), Barite deposits of Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651: 25-28.
Funnell, J.E. & E.J. Wolfe (1964), Compendium on nonmetallic minerals of Arizona, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX.
USGS & Arizona Bureau of Mines, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (1969) Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180: 314.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1971), Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR), Arizona Fluorspar: 20.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Minerals Report No. 2: 32-33.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 127.
USGS San Carlos Reservoir Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10027036, MRDS ID #M001765; and, Dep. ID #10065103, MRDS ID #TC40112; and, Dep. ID #10210131, MAS ID #0040090019; and Dep. ID #10258756, MAS ID #0040090208.
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