A former underground asbestos mine/group of claims located in secs. 19 & 30, T1N, R17E, about 3 miles SSE of Granite Butte, and about 12½ miles just N of E of Globe and 5 miles NNE of Cutter, on the San Carlos Indian Reservation land. Prospected 1922; reopened 1950 and closed 1953. Owned by the Metate Asbestos Mines Co. (circa 1950-1953). Includes the Wonder claims and some of the Silk claims.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body hosted in the Mescal limestone and underlying diabase sill that both dip 20º to 30º SW. The ore zone is 0.25 meters thick, strikes N70W and dips 30SW and is comprised of cross-fiber asbestos in serpentine zones.

The ridge is a local structure that is made up of fault blocks of the Apache group of sediments, with a few short, very minor folds.

Workings: the No. 1 mine is developed by an adit and 2 exploratory diamond drill holes. The NOo. 2 Mine contains a stope about 100 feet long and 30 to 40 feet wide. Production was a small amount of asbestos (before 1925).

Assay data: 1 to 3 inches, harsh asbestos fiber.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Chrysotile

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chrysotile

Formula: Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄

References:

Bromfield, Calvin S. & Shride (1956), Mineral Resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, AZ, USGS Bull. 1027-N: 649, 673-676.

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

References:

Bromfield, Calvin S. & Shride (1956), Mineral Resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, AZ, USGS Bull. 1027-N: 673-676.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Chrysotile	9.00.	Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Serpentine Subgroup'	-	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Chrysotile	Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄
H	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Chrysotile	Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄
O	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Chrysotile	Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Chrysotile	Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄
Si	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10102495

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References

USGS Dourine Canyon Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Metate Mine and Mill file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Apache Mine file.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 182.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10102495, MRDS ID #M003121; and Dep. ID #10112472, MRDS ID #D002979, MAS ID #0040070497.

Wilson, Eldred Dewey, Butler, G. Montague (1928, January) Asbestos Deposits of Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Bulletin No.126. University of Arizona 97 pp.

Stewart, L.A. (1955, January) Information Circular 7706. Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona 124 pp.p.100

Bromfield, Calvin S., Shride, Andrew F. (1956) Mineral Resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona. Geological Survey Bulletin 1027-N. United States Government Printing Office 691 pp.616, 617, 649, 673-676

Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.

(2024) Peabody GNIS Service, Yale Peabody Museum.

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