Mine detail: Apache Claims

Previously called 'Metate Asbestos Corp.Shanley Apache Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.41147, -110.60625

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	This Ridge Is Made Up Of Fault Blocks Of The Apache Group Of Sediments, With A Few Short, Very Minor Folds.

References

MRDS	M003121
DEP	10102495
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 100.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1928, ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 126, P. 62.}{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.