Mine detail: Ligier Marble Quarries

Previously called 'Dragoon Marble Quarries'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.01957, -109.98677

Resource(N)

Primary: Marble, Dimension, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Marble, Slate
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1946-1965, 1978, 1985
First production started: 1946

Geology

Host rock:Earp Limestone;Escabrosa Limestone
Host type:Slate,Marble,Limestone

References

MRDSD011762
DEP10014808
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, P. 64.}{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E. F., 1914, PART 2 OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES ?1913?: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1343.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.}{Deposit:: EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1992, PRESENT AND PAST PRODUCERS OF WHITE CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTS IN ARIZONA, IN HOUSER, B.B., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, P. 37-47.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterSeanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Orris, Greta J.