Big Jim vein (Record #289) occurrence of asbestos in Mohave county, AZ

Geologic information

Name of site	Big Jim vein
Development	occurrence
State	AZ
County	Mohave
Geographic location:	-114.3798, 35.0235
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Fibrous mineral	A variety of asbestos known as mountain leather was found in a specimen of ore from the Big Jim"" Lausen (1931, p. 63)
Associated minerals	quartz calcite adularia free gold pyrite biotite chlorite sericite apatite
Host rock types	andesite
Geologic map unit	-114.3798, 35.0235
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Ransome, F.L., 1923, Geology of the Oatman gold district, Arizona--A preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 743, 58 p.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b743]

Moore, R.W., 1928, Mining methods and records at the United Eastern mine: Transactions of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, v. 76, p. 56-92.

Lausen, Carl, 1931, Geology and ore deposits of the Oatman and Katherine districts, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin No. 131, 126 p.

Gardner, E.D., 1936, Gold mining and milling in the Black Mountains, western Mohave County, Ariz.: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 6901, 59 p.