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Fluorite Crystal Area

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056478
MRDS ID TC00319
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorite Crystal Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.81519, 34.13644 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI FROM THE ATCHINSON TOPEKA AND SANTE FE RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 005W 07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION.
  • 36.5 KM W OF SABAYA; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SALINAS DE GARCI MENDOZA (SE 19-15) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DODECAHEDRAL FLUORITE CRYSTALS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • COMSUR FROM 1985-88 EXCAVATED 2346.9 M DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND DRILLED 48 HOLES FOR A TOTAL OF 2772.7 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 DODECAHEDRAL FLUORITE IN PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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