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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Gila 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060176
MRDS ID TC10133
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35401, 33.98924 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES W OF CARRIZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 7N 19E 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • RANGE INCORRECT IN ELEVATORSKI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Supai Formation
    Rock description Supai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35401, 33.98924
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN STEEP CANYON WALLS NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN CUT MINING METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R.T., 1968, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 177, 84 P.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM OCCURS WITHIN A STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FT, THE TOP OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT BELOW THE BASE OF THE FT. APACHE LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE SUPAI FORMATION. IT CONSISTS OF FROM 1 TO 3 GYPSUM BEDS RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM 1 TO 12 FT EACH, AND EACH SEPARATED BY FROM 20 TO 40 FT OF CLASTIC STRATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 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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