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Southern Black Mountains Perlite Deposit

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060363
MRDS ID TC10741
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Black Mountains Perlite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Perlite 1, Haviland Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17524, 34.82281 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 TO 2 MILES FROM THE SANTA FE RAILWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17N 18W 17,35,22,26,28,34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USED CORNER BETWEEN SEC. 27 AND 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PAST PRODUCTION FROM SEC 27 & 35 FOR USE IN FILLERS AND INSULATION

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

    WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, GEORGE, 1945, ARIZONA PERLITE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CIRCULAR 12, 10 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 90-150 FT THICK PERLITE LAYERS WITHIN 8000-10000FT OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS. THE PERLITIC ZONES ARE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THIS VOLCANIC SERIES. THE PERLITE COMMONLY CONTAINS 0.1 IN DIAMETER QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS. THE VOLCANIC SERIES DIPS GENTLY SOUTHWARD AND IS DISPLACED SOMEWHAT BY FAULTS OF NORTHWARD STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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