Mine detail: Ruiz Prospect

Previously called 'LongviewEagle Nest'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.74619, -110.60819

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	No Diabase Was Observed In The Limestone Section Anywhere Near This Deposit. One Explanation To Account For This Mineralization Would Be The Assumption That A Diabase Sill Originally Overlaid The Crest Of The Ridge But Has Been Eroded Away

References

MRDS	M003030
DEP	10027400
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., 1956, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 23.}{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.), Bolm, Karen S.