Melrose Mines (Melrose group; White Beauty claims; P-38 claims; Maxwell claims; J.W. Workings Man O'War Mine; Hardluck claim), Cow Flat Mountain area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 59' 58'' North , 110° 52' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Young | 666 (2011) | 13.8km |
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 36.5km |
| Christopher Creek | 156 (2011) | 37.4km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 38.7km |
| Tonto Village | 256 (2011) | 42.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
132639
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132639:3
GUID (UUID V4):
a21cb025-b0e3-42bd-b4ac-e26d8d269849
A former surface and underground asbestos mine located in secs. 25, 26, & 34-36, T8N, R14E, about 1½ miles E of Cow Flat Mountain and about 11 miles SE of Young, on National Forest land. Melrose Mines are made up of 46 claims, most notably, The White Beauty claims, P-38 claims, Maxwell claims, J.W. Workings Man O'War Mine, and the Hardluck claim. Produced in the 1920's to 1940's.
Mineralization is a vein deposit with ore in lenses hosted in the Mescal Limestone. The ore zone is 304.8 meters long, with a depth-to-bottom of 18.29 meters, and a thickness of 0.15 meters, dipping 10NE. An associated rock unit is diabase.
Within the vicinity the limestone bedding has been disturbed by thrust and bedding-plane faulting in some areas, with consequent fracturing and shearing.
Workings include several adits, stopes, benches, and open pits. Workings total 30.48 meters in length and 18.29 meters deep. Several tons of grade 1 and grade 2 ore have been produced from the early 1920's to the late 1940's. An exact figure is not available.
Assay data: Asbestos forms in ½ to 2 inches of harsh to semi-soft fiber. The strength of mineralization decreases at depth.
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: | 10027447 |
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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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