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Shipley Pit

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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 10056454
MRDS ID TC00276
Record type Site
Current site name Shipley Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38411, 35.38919 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 011W 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS INCORRECTLY GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 12, T24 N, R11W. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM SHIPLEY TANK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CURRENT PRODUCTION OF DOLOMITE FOR RAILROAD BALLAST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38411, 35.38919
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1983, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, SEPT.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT-LYING DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) 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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