Cliffbestos group, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cliffbestos group | - not defined - |
| Salt River Mining District | Mining District |
| Gila County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 48' 20'' North , 110° 35' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 28.4km |
| Carrizo | 127 (2011) | 35.1km |
| Cedar Creek | 318 (2011) | 40.1km |
| Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 44.6km |
| Young | 666 (2011) | 47.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
132861
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132861:8
GUID (UUID V4):
20f78666-c25e-47ef-b86d-3a185d7bebd9
Ref.: Stewart, L.A. (1956) Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits in Arizona. U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7745: 13-14.
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.
USGS Blue House Mountain quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10099392, MRDS ID #TC10367; and Dep. ID #10136881, MAS ID #0040070248.
A former surface and underground asbestos mine located in sec. 24, T5N, R16E, on National Forest land.
Mineralization is chrysotile hosted in the Mescal Limestone. An associated rock unit is diabase.
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: | 10099392 |
|---|
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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