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White Peak Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Quartz
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023901
MRDS ID I008000
Record type Site
Current site name White Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Charlotte Group, Triphahn, White Peak Silica
Related records 10162040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35518, 33.78396 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 001W 10 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35518, 33.78396
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R.T., AND VARGA, R.J., 1976, MAPS SHOWING NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-845-J, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.y

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ PEGMATITE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC40013 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.