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Neptune Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056477
MRDS ID TC00317
Record type Site
Current site name Neptune Mine
Alternate or previous names Fluxore, Gunsight Mountain, Cardiella, Turtle Star, Turtle Spar
Related records 10259471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24902, 31.97151 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 011E 05,08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, ON NW FLANK OF GUNSIGHT MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24902, 31.97151
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SMALL AND INTERMITTENT. SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1918-1920, 1940'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR: ABM BULLETIN 180 AND (OR) USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ELEVATORSKI, 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE, PURPLE, AND GREEN FLUORITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ, AND BARITE VEINS IN SCHIST, GRANITE, AND APLITE. FLUORSPAR SHOOTS ARE 2-5 FT THICK AND PERHAPS 25 FT LONG AND 25 FT DEEP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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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