Mine detail: Red Hills Prospect

Previously called 'Burro Wash Area'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.31226, -113.6605

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Copper
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite, Malachite, Wulfenite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Artillery Formation
Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Schist
Structure:	Shear Zone Trends N 55 W, 70 Sw

References

MRDS	M003649
DEP	10027637
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 22.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.}{Deposit:: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J.