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Toltec Divide Area

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060149
MRDS ID TC10106
Record type Site
Current site name Toltec Divide Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7507, 35.04171 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES W OF WINSLOW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tucker Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winslow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Little Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 19N 15E 15,16,21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALMOST ALABASTERLIKE GYP ON SURFACE; VEINLETS OF SATIN SPAR, SLIGHT GREENISH TINGE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE AND AMOUNT OF RESOURCE UNKNOWN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7507, 35.04171
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1909-1914

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Acme Cement And Plaster Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Navajo Gypsum And Fertilizer Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA FOR CEMENT, PLASTER, AND AGRICULTURAL USE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STONE, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM BEDS ARE FLAT LYING AND OVERLAY RED SHALE AND UNDERLIE GREEN SHALE.

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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