Southern Whetstone Mountains

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060144
MRDS ID TC10101
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Whetstone Mountains
Related records 10209671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.40817, 31.71819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mustang Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 19S;20S 19E;19E 32,33;4,5,9,10,15,16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN SOUTHERN WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Selenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Epitaph Dolomite
    Rock description Epitaph Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.40817, 31.71819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunrise Mining Co.
    First year 1962

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gypsum-Anhydrite Gyp 80 wt-pct Gypsum-Anhydrite Major 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    GRAYBEAL, F.T., 1962, THE GEOLOGY AND GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: TUCSON, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 80 P.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: AZDMR MINERAL REPORT 2.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM AND GYPSIFEROUS ZONES ARE INTERBEDDED WITH SILTSTONE AND DOLOMITE IN A SEQUENCE 200-400 FT THICK.
Deposit DUPLICATE TC35381 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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