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Tombstone

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048193
MRDS ID M800262
Record type Site
Current site name Tombstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46849, 33.68674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Unsurveyed Township

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 009E 18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATED PRESENCE OF LI, RU, BE, GA

Analytical data

Result DETECTOR VALUES FOR BE RANGED BETWEEN LESS THAN 0.002 TO 0.036 FOR 7 SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46849, 33.68674
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828, P. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DISSEMINATED IN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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