Arizona Industrial Minerals 2Nd Edtn
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Arizona DEPARTMENT OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES JOHN JETT, DIRECTOR Ken A. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES John H. Jett, Director Phoenix Office: Tucson Office: Mineral Building, Fairgrounds 416 W. Congress, Rm 190 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Tucson, Arizona 85701 (602) 255-3791 (602) 628-5399 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Donald Hart - Phoenix Chairman Harvey W. Smith - Scottsdale Clifford 9. Altfeld - Tucson Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer Edna Vinck - Globe Roy Miller - Phoenix Member Member Cover graphics courtesy of Carol Nichols, Executive Assistant to the Director, Department of Administration. Base map by Dietz and Associates, Phoenix, Arizona. Edited by Diane Bain. STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Phoenix, Arizona John H. Jett, Director ' Arizona Industrial inerals 1987 Second Edition by Ken A. Phillips A Pub1 ication of the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources Mineral Bui 1di ng, Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona 85007 (602) 255-3791 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 87-62954 Printed in 1987 ADMMR Mineral Report #4 Second Edi tion TABLE OF CONTENTS page Introduction ...............................................v Commodity Review Alunite .................................................2 Asbestos ................... 000e00000000000000m0mm00000002 Barite ..................................................4 Clay ....................................................6 Corundum .............................................6 Diatomite ................................................8 Feldspar .................................................8 Fluorspar ...............................................11 Garnet ...................................................13 Graphite ................................................13 Gypsum ..................................................13 Limestone - Dolomite and Marble .........................16 Magnesite - Brucite .....................................18 Mica ....................................................19 Perlite .................................................21 Pumice. Pumicite (including some Basalt. Volcanic Scoria and Cinders) ........................-23 Salt ...................................................26 Sand (Specialty) .......................................28 Shale (Expansible) .....................................28 Silica - Quartz ........................................30 Sillimanite Group .......................................31 Slate ...................................................33 Sodium Sulfate.......................................... 33 Strontium ...............................................33 Vermiculite .............................................34 Wollastonite ............................................35 Zeolites ................................................35 Commodity Tables Abrasives ...............................................37 Alunite ............~~..~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~.~~.~~~.~~~~~38 Asbestos................................................ 39 Barite ...................................................51 Clay ....................................................66 Corundum ................................................74 Diatomite ...............................................75 Feldspar ................................................77 Fluorspar ...............................................83 Garnet .................................................102 Graphite ...............................................104 Gypsum .................................................105 Limestone - Dolomite and Marble ........................112 Magnesite - Brucite ....................................126 Mica ...................................................127 Perlite ................................................I36 Pumice Group ...........................................139 Salt ...................................................156 Silica . Quartz ........................................157 Sillimanite ............................................ 172 Sodium ................................................174 Specialty Sand .........................................175 Slate ..................................................177 Strontium .............................................. 178 Verlniculite ............................................180 Wollastonite ...........................................182 Zeolites ...............................................182 Addendum to second edition ................................A1 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Table Industrial Minerals by County ............................1 Figure . ~ocationsof Arizona asbestos deposits .................3 Locations of Arizona barite deposits ...................5 Locations of Arizona clay deposits .....................7 Locations of Arizona diatomite deposits ................9 Locations of Arizona feldspar deposits ...............-10 Locations of Arizona fluorspar deposits ...............12 Locations of Arizona garnet and wollastonite deposits .............................................14 Locations of Arizona gypsum deposits .................-15 Locations of Arizona limestone. dolomite and/or marble deposits .....................................17 Locations of Arizona mica deposits ....................20 Locations of Arizona perlite. vermiculite and expansible shale deposits ...........................22 Locations of Arizona pumice. pumicite. volcanic cinders and selected basalt deposits ...............-25 Locations of Arizona salt. sodium sulfate. magnesium and strontium deposits ....................27 ~ocationsof ~rizonasilica quartz and specialty sand deposits .............................29 Locations of Arizona sillimanite deposits ...........-32 Locations of Arizona zeolite deposits ................-36 ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS -Uses of- Directorv Purpose Locations of active or former The purpose of this publication is mines, prospects, and occurrences are to provide a tabulation of known reported by cadastral survey i .e. industrial mineral occurrences in section, township, and range. To Arizona along with a brief discussion assist in locating the properties an of each commodity. It is hoped this appl i cab1 e U. S. Geol ogi cal Survey map information wi 11 attract additional (if available in 1985) is 1isted. Also interest and investment in the State's included are an index for locating mineral resources. specific industrial minerals by counties and a township and range index Scope map. Most listings contain some This report was compiled in 1986 descriptive comments. A few have no and 1987 from the previous Arizona avail able information other than that Department of Mines and Mineral they are a reported occurrence. It is Resources publ i cati on of the same name recommended that the Arizona Department by E. A. Elevatorski, the Department's of Mines and Mineral Resources be data base, Department mine files and contacted for additional information on published data. The information any occurrence as the Department reported here is for all nonmetal1 ic continues to gain information . from mineral commodities except sand and field work, private contributions and gravel, crushed and dimension stone and abstracting of newly publ ished data. gem stones. The Department sol ici ts contributions of information on all mineral Introduction occurrences in Arizona. Arizona holds a distinguished place among the mineral producing The construction minerals; sand giants of the world. A1 though best and gravel, and crushed and dimension known for its copper production, stone have not been included in this Arizona has produced and continues to directory. Gemstones are a highly produce important quantities of special ized group of industrial industrial minerals and other metals. minerals and are included in a separate publ i cati on. Industrial minerals currently produced in Arizona are: per1 i te, limestone, diatomite, bentonite (low Acknowl edsmen t swell ing and non-swell ing), mica, silica-quartz, gypsum, specialty sands, The first issue of this directory pumice, tuff, scoria (cinders), salt, was authored and published by E.A. dimension stone, dolomi te, clays (ball, El evatsrski . Mr. El evatorski fire, and common varieties), gemstones subsequently donated the publication to (agate, amethyst, chrysocol l a, peridot, the Arizona Department of Mines and petrified wood, opal and turquoise), Mineral Resources as a contribution by zeolites, and pozzolan. The value of him to the minerals field and as a these minerals exceeded $290,000,000 in possible stimulant to the exploration 1986. and development of Arizona's industrial mineral deposits. In past years Arizona has also produced feldspar, barite, fl uorspar, asbestos, and sodi urn sul fate. APACHE COCH I SE COCON I NO X W X XXXXXX XXXX GILA GRAHAM, GREENLEE X X X X X X X3C XXXX LA PAZ MAR 1 COPA MOHAVE I X XXX $d X XX X NAVAJO PlMA 34 XXX P 1NAL SANTA CRUZ I - XXXX X X $4 X XX Y AVAPA I YUMA ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ASBESTOS COMMODITY REVIEW Asbestos is the generic name referring to a group of fibrous mineral silicates found in nature. They are A brief review of each industrial amenable to mechanical separation into mineral commodity and its primary uses fine filaments which have some of the is given. Many industrial minerals are useful characteristics of organic sold on the basis of direct fibers such as cotton or wool but are negotiations between the buyer and noncombusti bl e. seller and not by pub1 ished prices. Further each consumer often has precise