Mine detail: Black Gap

Previously called 'Montezuma Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5Gila Bend Celestite'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.79065, -112.74324

Resource(N)

Primary: Strontium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Celestite, Gypsum, Strontianite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate,Tuff
Associated type:Basalt
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC10117
DEP10060160
Reference{Deposit:: PHALEN, W.C., 1914, CELESTITE DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, IN WHITE, DAVID, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 540, P. 521-533.}{Deposit:: CELESTITE OCCURS IN BEDS WITHIN THE TUFF AT SEVERAL HORIZONS AND MAY COVER 18,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS. THE PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.}{Deposit:: MOORE, B.N., 1936, CELESTITE AND STRONTIANITE, IN HEWETT, D.F., AND OTHERS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, P. 151-162.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 378.}{Deposit:: AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 115 (1935), P. 365.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: MOORE, 1936, P. 154.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M.