Mine detail: Alamo Springs Area Deposit

Previously called 'Wetmore Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.33344, -110.90708

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Shale,Sandstone

References

MRDSTC10140
DEP10060183
Reference{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:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.}{Deposit:: STONE, R.W., 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, F.W., 3D., 1974, GYPSUM: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES CIRCULAR 5, 6 P.}{Deposit:: PIERCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.