Mine detail: Top Hat Group

Previously called 'A & B GroupTop Hat'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.99063, -111.16154

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite, Fluorite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1956

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Limestone,Rhyolite

References

MRDSTC10245
DEP10060253
Reference{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterKibbe, R.D., Orris, Greta J.