Red Rock Mine

The Red Rock Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Red Rock Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 33.95194, -111.19556

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Red Rock Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Rock Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Tonto Basin Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: Pro-Met Of Arizona, Inc.
Years: 1982 -

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1971
Year Last Production: 1973
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None.

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Materials

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: MINING FROM 2 LEVELS (1971-1973). SHRINKAGE STOPING.
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: VERTICAL HYDROTHERMAL VEIN STRUCTURE.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference Category: Other Database	Reference: CIMRI
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.