Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS, TABULAR
Ore controlFaulting
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Fluorite, Limestone, Siderite
GangueBarite, Feldspar, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsHematite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Limestone,Andesite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureSchistosity And Banding Strike Nw And Dip Steeply, Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationPropylitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Last production1958
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10027659
MRDS IDM003724
Alternate namesSnowball-Monolith
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.65256, -113.31576
References
U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.DENTON, T.C., AND KUNKE, C.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF SNOWBALL FLUORITE DEPOSITS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM RI 4540, 15 P.ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRI