Mine detail: Snowball Mine

Previously called 'Snowball-Monolith'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.65256, -113.31576

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Bornite, Fluorite, Limestone, Siderite
Gangue: Barite, Feldspar, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS, TABULAR
Other material: Hematite
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1957
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host type:Schist,Limestone,Andesite
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:Schistosity And Banding Strike Nw And Dip Steeply, Faulting
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Propylitization, Silicification

References

MRDSM003724
DEP10027659
Reference{Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: DENTON, T.C., AND KUNKE, C.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF SNOWBALL FLUORITE DEPOSITS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM RI 4540, 15 P.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterGere, W., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.