Quartzite Mountain

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gemstone, Garnet
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060331
MRDS ID TC10390
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzite Mountain
Alternate or previous names Stanley Butte Area
Related records 10283123

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35512, 33.04177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Turnbull(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 4S 19E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N OF STANLEY BUTTE ON S SLOPE OF QUARTZITE MOUNTAIN ABOUT 10 MI SE OF COOLIDGE DAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andradite Ore
Garnet Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35512, 33.04177

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL REPORT 2, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANDRADITE GARNET OCCURS WITH OTHER SILICATE MINERALS IN A ZONE OF METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE NEAR A GRANITIC INTRUSIVE OF LARAMIDE AGE. SOME OF THE GARNETS HAVE BEEN TUMBLED INTO ATTRACTIVE CHATOYANT BAROQUE GEMS AND SOME HAVE BEEN FACETED.
Deposit SOME GARNETS FROM THIS LOCALITY HAVE BEEN TUMBLED INTO ATTRACTIVE CHATOYANT BAROQUE GEMS AND SOME HAVE BEEN FACETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Carbonaro, Marguerite M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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