Mine detail: Snake Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.8023, -110.48263

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	The Main Adit, Is Situated Midway Between Two Nearly Parallel, North-Northwest-Trending, Vertical Faults That Have Dropped And Tilted An 80-Foot Wide Block Within The Limestone Strata. The Fault Block Has Been Shattered By Minor Fault Adjustments And Bedding-Plane Slips.

References

MRDS	M001824
DEP	10027054
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, R.T., 1968, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 177, P. 48.}{Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 49.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.