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Big Reef Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mica
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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. 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 10060340
MRDS ID TC10713
Record type Site
Current site name Big Reef Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48907, 33.89256 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfias Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 002W 05 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN LARGE, FLAWED BOOKS IN THE CORE AND INTERMEDIATE ZONES OF PEGMATITE DIKES AND SMALL FLAKES AND BOOKS IN THE BORDER AND WALL ZONES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48907, 33.89256
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SCRAP MICA PROCESSED FOR GROUND MICA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MISCOVITE BOOKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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