Mine detail: Salt River Asbestos

Lat / long:

33.79591, -110.49458

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Northwest-Trending Fractures Are Numerous Where The Southern Deposit Is Exposed By Mine Workings. As A Result Of Water Solution Along The Fractures, And Of Slumping Of The Blocks Bounded By The Fractures, Vertical Openings As Much As 2 Feet Wide Exist Throughout Much Of The Deposit. As A Result, The Ground Is Very Heavy - The Limestone Above And Below The Ore Zone Caves Readily.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

MRDS	M003041
DEP	10102486
Reference	{Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND SHRIDE, A.F., 1956, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-N, P. 661.}{Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 53.}{Deposit:: STEWART, HAURY, 1947, ARIZONA ASBESTOS DEPOSITS, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4100.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.