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Toroweap Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Mohave 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10060166
MRDS ID TC10123
Record type Site
Current site name Toroweap Canyon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08411, 36.45 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Trumbull NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Trumbull(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 35N 007W Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PEIRCE APPROXIMATES SECTIONS TO BE 33 AND 34; BULLETIN 180 GIVES TOWNSHIP AS 36N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM RANGES FROM FINE GRAINED, HARD AND WHITE TO COARSE GRAINED, SUGARY, SOFT, AND MASSIVE; LOCALLY CONTAINS ABUNDANT QUARTZ SAND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08411, 36.45
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REESIDE, J.B., JR., AND BASSLER, HARVEY, 1922, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 129-D, 197 P.

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, E.D., 1938, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY OF THE TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH: CARNEGIE INSTITUTE WASHINGTON PUB 492, 268 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ARIZONA BURAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BURUEAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C.F., 1962, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-33, 18 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 38, 27, 40, AND 175 OF GYPSUM MEASURED IN THE SECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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