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White Hope Quarry

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062164
MRDS ID TC35465
Record type Site
Current site name White Hope Quarry
Related records 10186811

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25819, 31.84262 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS 50 MILES SW OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penitas Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 011E 19 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE 3 QUARRIES IN THIS QUARTER SECTION, LOCATION IS EASTERNMOST MINE IN SIERRITA MOUNTAINS. WHITE HOPE MARBLE DEPOSIT IS ON AZ STATE MINERAL LEASE LANDS AND FEDERAL LAND ON THE WOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Formation
    Rock description Martin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25819, 31.84262
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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
Year of last production 1965
Production years 1959-1965

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brittain-Hendrickson Mining Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1961, THE PAUL LIME COMPANY ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 MILLIONTONS OF MARBLIZED LIMESTONE FROM 7 DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    GREELEY, MIKE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TUSCON OFFICE.

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1992, PRESENT AND PAST PRODUCERS OF WHITE CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTS IN ARIZONA, IN HOUSER, B.B., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, P. 37-47.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    EYDE AND EYDE, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARBLE CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE THAT OXIDEIZE WHEN EXPOSED TO WEATHER AND STAIN THE MARBLE. THE MARBLE IS TYPICALLY FINE GRAINED AND JOINTED. THE ZONES OF HIGH CALCIUM CARBONATE ROCKS ARE SEPARATED BY ZONES OF DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 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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