Mine detail: Snowball Mine

Previously called 'Snowball-Monolith'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.65256, -113.31576
dep_id: 10027659
mrds_id: M003724
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Fluorite, Limestone, Siderite
gangue: Barite, Feldspar, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
other_matl: Hematite
orebody_fm: LENS, TABULAR
alteration: Propylitization, Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Faulting
Reporter: Gere, W., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Schist,Limestone,Andesite
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Schistosity And Banding Strike Nw And Dip Steeply, Faulting
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1943
discr: D B Powell
References:
  • 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
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