Mine detail: Rock Canyon Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.97582, -113.31496

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC10127
DEP10060170
Reference{Deposit:: REESIDE, J.B., JR., AND BASSLER, HARVEY, 1922, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 129-D, P. 53-77.}{Deposit:: MCKEE, E.D., 1938, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY OF THE TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH: CARNEGIE INST. WASHINGTON PUB. 492, 268 P.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.