Mine detail: Camp Verde Salt Mine

Previously called 'Graham Wingfield Sulphate'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.54505, -111.87462

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite, Sodium
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay
Ore: Clay, Gypsum, Halite, Mirabilite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRE-COLUMBIAN, 192*-1933
First production started: 1492

Geology

Host rock:Verde Formation
Host type:Lake Sediments,Evaporite
Structure:Verde Fault Zone

References

MRDSTC35800
DEP10062403
Reference{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.}{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}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.