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San Carlos River Deposit

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060195
MRDS ID TC10154
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos River Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.27735, 33.44037 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES NE OF SAN CARLOS ALONG SAN CARLOS RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sontag Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 1N 20E 8 SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN A CAVE NEAR FLOOR OF CANYON REACHED BY TRAIL OPPOSITE ROCKY CREEK JUNCTION, 2 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CAVE. ON SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933-1934

Comments on the production information

  • SOLD FOR $15/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TAKEN FROM CAVE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VALUED AT $15/TON IN 1933-1934. PROBABLY DOES NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT TONNAGE TO BE OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GUANO, NITRATE, AND PHOSPHATE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 368-369.

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., AND SHRIDE, A.F., 1956, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-N, P. 613-689.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1027-N, 1956, P. 687.

  • Production

    BROMFIELD AND SHRIDE, 1956, P. 687.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAT GUANO ACCUMULATION TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET OVER THE IRREGULAR FLOOR OF A 40 FT LONG AND 50 FT WIDE CAVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Peirce, H. Wesley Arizona Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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