Castle Dome

The Castle Dome is a fluorine-fluorite and barium-barite mine located in Gila county, Arizona.

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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: Castle Dome

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation:

Primary Mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite

Lat, Long: 33.40778, -110.95472

Satelite image of the Castle Dome

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

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

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

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

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

Materials

Ore: Quartz

Ore: Barite

Gangue: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: FLUORITE, BARITE, AND QUARTZ CRYSTALS ALONG FRACTURES AND VUGS IN MESOZOIC(?) QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDE MINERALS.
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10242 OF R. KIBBE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference Category: Other Database	Reference: CIMRI
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ELEVATROSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS," MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.