| Deposit ID | 10060144 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Southern Whetstone Mountains |
| Related records | 10209671 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.40817, 31.71819 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 19S;20S | 19E;19E | 32,33;4,5,9,10,15,16 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gypsum | Ore |
| Selenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 253 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35a.5 (35ae) |
| Deposit model name | Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Epitaph Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Epitaph Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -110.40817, 31.71819 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northwest Fault |
| Thickness | 121.92M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sunrise Mining Co. |
| First year | 1962 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10101 |
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.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.
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.
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: AZDMR MINERAL REPORT 2.
CIMRI
| 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. |
| 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 |
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