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Buckeye Area

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009104
MRDS ID D001777
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58407, 33.28341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckeye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 003W 16 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore
Xenotime Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58407, 33.28341
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckeye Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE US, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36

  • Deposit

    MARDIROSIAN, C.A., 1973, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, MAP AND TABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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