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Cave Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062343
MRDS ID TC35710
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Hill Deposit
Alternate or previous names Onyx Cave
Related records 10186427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76985, 31.71763 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 15E 1 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF CAVE CREEK NEAR JUNCTION WITH SAWMILL CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76985, 31.71763
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR PRODUCTION IN 1910'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL DEPOSIT OF PARTIALLY MASSIVE, BROWNISH TRAVERTINE IN SOLUTION CAVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. 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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