Mine detail: Luke Salt Body - Southwest Salt Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.53563, -112.33212

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Halite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, DOMED, RIDGE-LIKE MASS WITH ARCUATE CREST AND BROAD TRIANGULAR BASE
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Shale,Evaporite
Associated type:Basalt
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC10119
DEP10060162
Reference{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H. WESLEY, 1976, TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BASIN AND RANGE THICK EVAPORITE DEPOSITS: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 10, P 325-339.}{Deposit:: EATON, G.P., PETERSON, D.L., AND SCHUMANN, H.H., 1972, GEOPHYSICAL, GEOHYDROLOGICAL, AND GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE LUKE SALT BODY, CENTRAL ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 753, 28 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H. WESLEY, 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY FIELDNOTES, P. 1-4.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: MYTTON, J.W., 1973, TWO SALT STRUCTURES IN ARIZONA: THE SUPAI SALT BASIN AND THE LUKE BODY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 40 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.}{Deposit:: GROTT, JERRY, 1987, SOLAR SALT IN ARIZONA, IN PEIRCE, H.W., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 120-122.}{Deposit:: EYDE, TED, WILKINSON, P.A.K., AND WEILAND, E.F., 1986, FIELD TRIP TO SELECTED INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, IN BEATTY, BARBARA, AND WILKINSON, P.A.K., EDS., FRONTIERS IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 312-318.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
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