The Castle Dome is a fluorine-fluorite and barium-barite mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 33.40778, -110.95472
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Castle Dome MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle Dome
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Quartz
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Solution-Cavity Filling
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE, BARITE, AND QUARTZ CRYSTALS ALONG FRACTURES AND VUGS IN MESOZOIC(?) QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDE MINERALS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10242 OF R. KIBBE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATROSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS," MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.
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