Mine detail: Cassadore Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

33.49675, -110.38401

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:	On The South Side Of The Creek, The Diabase Concordantly Contacts The Base Of The Algal Member For About 150 Ft. Up The Hillside Slope And Then Gradually Cuts Discordantly Downward Through Beds Of The Lower Mescal Member

References

MRDS	M003119
DEP	10027451
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., 1956, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 32.}{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.