Mine detail: Chicago Pit

Previously called 'Old CliffNord Sil-Flo Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.26342, -111.12514

Resource(N)

Primary: Perlite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Arnett Rhyolite
Host type:Obsidian,Rhyolite
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSTC10747
DEP10060368
Reference{Deposit:: PETERSON, D.W., 1966, THE GEOLOGY OF PICKETPOST MOUNTAIN, NORTHEAST PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 8, P. 159-176.}{Deposit:: USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, GEORGE, 1945, ARIZONA PERLITE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, CIRCULAR 12, 10 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{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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