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Marble Mine (White Castle Quarry; White Castle Marble), Bloody Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Marble Mine (White Castle Quarry; White Castle Marble)Mine
Bloody BasinBasin
Yavapai CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 14' 17'' North , 111° 49' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.23806,-111.82056
GeoHash:
G#: 9w06z2yg0
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Cordes Lakes2,633 (2011)27.1km
Spring Valley1,148 (2011)33.3km
Strawberry961 (2011)35.5km
Black Canyon City2,837 (2011)35.6km
Camp Verde11,155 (2017)36.3km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Black Canyon City Rock ClubBlack Canyon City, Arizona36km
Mindat Locality ID:
62872
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:62872:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former marble quarry. Claims extend into secs. 4, 5, 9 and 17. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 34.26833N, 111.845W.

Mineralization is the Martin Limestone.

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID #10024120, MRDS ID #I008457; and, Dep. ID #10062169, MRDS ID #TC35471; and, Dep. ID #10259120, MAS ID #0040251590.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Ref.: Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
(2024) Peabody GNIS Service, Yale Peabody Museum.
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