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San Xavier Deposit

Occurrence in Pima 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060181
MRDS ID TC10138
Record type Site
Current site name San Xavier Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mineral Hill Deposit, Twin Buttes #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09236, 31.97512 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON NE SIDE OF SIERRITA MTNS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 12E 2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAIR TO GOOD GRADE BUT LIMITED EXTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09236, 31.97512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip 60S TO 40SW
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

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

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, F.W., 3D, 1940, GYPSUM: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES CIRCULAR 5, 6 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM LENSES ARE 1500 TO 2000 FT LONG AND UP TO 60 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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