Mine detail: Big Spar Mine

Previously called 'Big Star'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.89896, -111.84155

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Gangue: Barite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1939, 1943-1945, 1953

Geology

Host type:Trachyte,Andesite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Faulting
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC00309
DEP10056474
Reference{Deposit:: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PEIRCE, 1990.}
ReporterWells, Tina M., Orris, Greta J.