Mine detail: White Marble Mine

Previously called 'White Marble GroupMarble MineAmber'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.79256, -113.41327

Resource(B)

Primary: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica
Ore: Limestone, Marble, Quartzite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, CONTORTED, BEDDED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1962-1976, 1979
First production started: 1962

Geology

Host rock:Escabrosa Limestone;Kaibab Limestone
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:Diabase

References

MRDSTC10191
DEP10105107
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 192, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1992, PRESENT AND PAST PRODUCERS OF WHITE CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTS IN ARIZONA, IN HOUSER, B.B., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, P. 37-47.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.