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Middle Black Mountains Perlite Deposit

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060366
MRDS ID TC10744
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Black Mountains Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35137, 35.33891 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grasshopper Junction SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(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 23N 19W 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS FROM PHILLIPS. WILSON AND ROSEVEARE GIVE IT AS T 22 AND 23 N., R. 19 AND 20 W (NO SECTION MENTIONED), AND PEIRCE AGREES WITH PHILLIPS. IT CROPS OUT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE RIDGES THAT EXTEND EAST OF THE PIPELINE ROAD, FOR 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE PRODUCERS MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35137, 35.33891
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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