Sulphur Springs claims (Sulphur Springs claims 1 & 2; Sulphur Springs prospect; Sulphur Springs claims MS 3872), I.S. Hole Canyon, Seneca, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 33°45'47"N
Longitude: 110°29'14"W
An group of 2 asbestos claims/prospect located in sec. 29, T4½N, R18E (sec. 20, T4N, R18E per MRDS file), at the head of I.S. Hole Canyon and 1 mile east of Seneca in the NW portion of the reservation. Started 1950 by Mr. Ned Brown.
Mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body hosted in the Mescal Limestone. Mescal Limestone that locally strikes N70W and dips 35NE. A zone of serpentine 24 to 30 inches (60 to 75 cm) containing 1½ to 2 inches (3¾ to 5 cm) of soft chrysotile fiber. The base of the limestone is 5 feet above the fiber zone. The ore zone is 0.05 meters thick, strikes and dips consistent with the host beds.
Workings include a few pits, a cut plus a 10 foot adit. No production record.
References
Bromfield, C.S. & A.F. Shride (1956), Mineral resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1027-N: 653.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet #196.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10027406, MRDS ID #M003037; and dep. ID #10209601, MAS ID #0040070641.
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