Grace Chabazite Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Zeolites
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062135
MRDS ID TC35405
MAS/MILS ID 0040030280
Record type Site
Current site name Grace Chabazite Mine
Alternate or previous names Grace 1-4, San Simon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.3808, 32.4508 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 13 MILES NE OF BOWIE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 029E 1,12,2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS IN THE AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chabazite Ore
Clinoptilolite Ore
Erionite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.3808, 32.4508

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gsa Resources, Inc.
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. R. Grace Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ARIZ STATE LAND DEPT MINERAL LEASE LIST 1979 LEASE NO 69657

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA --1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, R.A., 1969, ZEOLITES, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, P. 464-467.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0040030280 (Dep_ID 10112489) and deleted that record
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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