| Deposit ID | 10060207 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10171 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quartzsite Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Dumortierite, Bayles, Quartzite |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.24302, 34.62586 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 3 MI SW OF QUARTZSITE, 15 MI E OF COLORADO RIVER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buck Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 003N | 019W | 05 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kyanite | Primary |
| Talc-Soapstone | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Andalusite | Ore |
| Dumortierite | Ore |
| Kyanite | Ore |
| Pyrophyllite | Ore |
| Sillimanite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS ABOUT 2.73. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -114.24302, 34.62586 |
|---|
| General form | DIVERGENT, PARALLEL, OR CURVED MASSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | S70E |
| Dip | 65-80 N |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10171 |
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND ED.: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
WILSON, E.D., 1929, AN OCCURRENCE OF DUMORTIERITE NEAR QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 14, P. 373-381.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE OUTCROP TRENDS E-W AND IS DIVIDED INTO 2 SEGMENTS APPROXIMATELY 450 FT APART BY OUTWASH GRAVELS THAT ALSO CONCEAL ITS E AND W LIMITS. THE WESTERN SEGMENT IS ABOUT 200 FT LONG AND 35 FT WIDE. THE EASTERN SEGMENT IS 300 FT LONG AND 50 FT WIDE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W007519 OF G.H. ESPENSHADE AND RECORDS TC00273 AND TC00274 OF T. WELLS WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-89 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-93 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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