Regal Mine (Regal group; Corral Creek; Walnut Creek group; Navajo workings; Old Regal; Patented claims MS 4479; New Regal), Blue House Mountain quadrangle, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 49' 4'' North , 110° 35' 44'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 27.2km |
| Carrizo | 127 (2011) | 34.4km |
| Cedar Creek | 318 (2011) | 39.9km |
| Copper Hill | 108 (2011) | 45.8km |
| Young | 666 (2011) | 46.3km |
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D. (1928) Asbestos Deposits of Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 126: 48-55.
Tenney, J.B. (1928), The mineral industries of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 125: 101.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report 172-480 (1953), Gila County Preliminary Reconnaissance Report: 88, 128.
Granger, H.C. & Raup (1959), Uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1046-P: 417 (Figure 51).
Stewart, L.A. (1955), Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7706: 19-22.
Stewart (1961) Mining Methods and Costs, Regal Asbestos Mine. U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7986, 53 pp.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 181.
USGS Blue House Mountain Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Regal Mine and Mill file.
MRDS Database Dep. ID #10102484, MRDS ID #M003027; and Dep. ID #10185453, MAS ID #0040070085.
A former underground asbestos mine located in the S½ sec. 19, T10N, R10E, on the Salt River near (downstream of) the Salt River Canyon Campgrounds, about 5 miles W of Mule Hoof Bend, on National Forest land. Discovered 1916 and first produced 1918.
Mineralization is a linear ore body hosted in the Mescal Limestone. Asbestos-bearing serpentine zones occur at 3 horizons in nthe Lower Member of the Mescal Limestone. The predominant factor in the concentration of asbestos within the favorable beds has been the shattering and warping of these beds by a belt of thrust faulting that has a general course of 5.25°E.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
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 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102484 |
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- Tonto National ForestForest
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Regal Mine, Blue House Mountain quadrangle, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA