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Silver Christmas

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056456
MRDS ID TC00280
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Christmas
Related records 10162174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26213, 34.23866 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 10N 001E 16 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orthoclase Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 38
USGS model code 13e
Deposit model name Feldspar contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26213, 34.23866
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Prescott National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO FELDSPAR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA GEOLOGIC SURVEY, 1958.

  • 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

  • Production

    PEIRCE (1990)

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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