Mine detail: Southern Whetstone Mountains

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Location

Lat / long: 31.71819, -110.40817

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum, Selenite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Epitaph Dolomite
Host type:Siltstone,Dolomite
Structure:Northwest Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC10101
DEP10060144
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: GRAYBEAL, F.T., 1962, THE GEOLOGY AND GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: TUCSON, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 80 P.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: AZDMR MINERAL REPORT 2.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.