Fiber King Mine (Salt Bank Mine; Riverside Mine; Salt Bank group; Riverside group; Fiber King group of claims), Salt River Canyon Campgrounds area, Salt River Canyon, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 50' 6'' North , 110° 35' 43'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 25.4km |
| Carrizo | 127 (2011) | 33.3km |
| Cedar Creek | 318 (2011) | 39.5km |
| Young | 666 (2011) | 45.1km |
| Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 47.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
47715
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:47715:3
GUID (UUID V4):
b2389803-d974-46a0-b8d8-d7bb25d45327
A former underground asbestos mine located in approximate sec. 13, T5N, R16E, opposite the Regal Mine, about 1 mile W of the campgrounds, and about 1 mile North of the Salt River. Opened 1921. Discovered by W.G. Shanley; Roy & C.O. Reidhead relocated 3 of the claims in 1927; in 1941, Charles Ireland and Gladys Eakers secured a lease on 5 claims & in 1942, John Bacon leased the 2 adjoining Victory claims. The lease reverted back to the Reservation in 1951.
The property is situated astride a relatively narrow ridge which projects southward from the steep, deeply sculptured North side of Salt River Canyon. On each side of the ridge, about 100- foot thick sections of the lower and algal members of the Mescal Limestone are exposed, and the limestone is overlain and underlain by thick diabase sills. Two m ineralized zones have been explored; one is immediately beneath the algal limestone, the other is nearly 100 feet lower in the section and only a few feet above the underlying sill. The lower zone, which is at an altitude of about 3,500 feet, is more important of the two zones.
The lower asbestos deposit is localized near the underlying diabase sill, which cuts discordantly upward from the East, becomes concordant westward for about 30 feet and again rises, cutting off the mineralized beds in that direction. The mineralized zone is in massive, bedded limestone, about 5 feet above the concordant part of the sill. The average trend of the structure which localizes the asbestos is about N.20ºW. Near the diabase-limestone contact, the serpentinized zone is from 18 to 24 inches thick and usually contains several veinlets of short fiber having a total thickness of about 2 inches.
Workings are 53.34 meters long. No production record.
Assay data: ¾ inch, fair quality asbestos at the surface.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chrysotile | 9.. | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027338 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- ⭔Fort Apache Indian ReservationReservation
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