Reddington Deposit

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060189
MRDS ID TC10147
Record type Site
Current site name Reddington Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.47457, 32.53622 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position E SIDE OF SAN PEDRO VALLEY, 6 MILES N OF REDDINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kielberg Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 10S 18E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SALINE UNITS LIE BENEATH A 2300 SQ MI AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADE AND EXTENT UNKNOWN; STONE ASSUMED MASSIVE WHITE, FINE GRANULAR GYPSUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Gila Group
    Rock description Gila Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.47457, 32.53622

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAUSES SINK HOLES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBSURFACE STORAGE FACILITY ALONG THE SANTA FE RAILROAD AT ADAMANA HOLDS LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS PRODUCTS, PROPANE AND BUTANE, IN ELEVEN CAVITIES WHICH ARE 900 TO 1200 FT BENEATH THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • OVER 150 DRILL HOLES WERE MADE IN 1964-1965 TO EXPLORE THE POTASH DEPOSIT.

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., 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POTASH IN A 300 SQ MI AREA AT DEPTHS OF 700 TO 2000 FT WITHIN THE UPPER 150 FT OF EVAPORITE. THE TOP OF THE EVAPORITE IS MARKED BY AN ANHYDRITE-GYPSUM ZONE AT A DEPTH OF 600 TO 2500 FT. THE PRINCIPAL HALITE SEQUENCE (400-1300 FT THICK) LIES BETWEEN THE FORT APACHE LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE SUPAI FORMATION AND THE OVERLYING COCONINO SANDSTONE. THE MAIN HALITE UNIT OF INTEREST IS 400 FT THICK. THE HALITE OCCURS IN THE SUBSURFACE OF AN AREA OF 2300 SQ MILES.
Deposit STONE ASSUMED THE DEPOSIT POSSIBLY COVERED SEVERAL SQUARE MILES. THICK OVERBURDEN.

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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