Mine detail: Black Butte

Previously called 'Milton RayAguila Celestite'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.85395, -113.01382

Resource(N)

Primary: Strontium
Ore: Celestite
Discovery year: 1929

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Structure:Ore Zone Disturbed By Faulting
Alteration processes:Silicification Prevalent

References

MRDSM003341
DEP10027552
Reference{Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: AIME TRANS (1935), P. 362.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, V. 13, NO. 1, P. 32.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT 2.}{Deposit:: MOORE, R.T., 1969, STRONTIUM SALTS: ABM BULL 180, P. 454.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: MOORE, 1969.}
ReporterGere, W., Orris, Greta J.