Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlAsbestos Occurs At Two Or More Horizons In Competent, Medium - To - Thick Bedded Limestone
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Mescal Limestone
Associated rockDiabase,Plutonic Rock
StructureNorthwest-Trending Fractures Are Numerous Where The Southern Deposit Is Exposed By Mine Workings. As A Result Of Water Solution Along The Fractures, And Of Slumping Of The Blocks Bounded By The Fractures, Vertical Openings As Much As 2 Feet Wide Exist Throughout Much Of The Deposit. As A Result, The Ground Is Very Heavy - The Limestone Above And Below The Ore Zone Caves Readily.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102486
MRDS IDM003041
Alternate namesSorenson - Williams, Salt River Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.79591, -110.49458
References
BROMFIELD, C.S., AND SHRIDE, A.F., 1956, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-N, P. 661.STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 53.STEWART, HAURY, 1947, ARIZONA ASBESTOS DEPOSITS, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4100.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRI