Mine detail: Red Rock Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.95201, -111.19627

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold, Silver
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1971-1973
First production started: 1971
Last production ended: 1973

Geology

Host rock:Dripping Springs Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Faulting
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:None.

References

MRDSTC00293
DEP10056466
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterWells, Tina M., Orris, Greta J.