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Mayer

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Stone, Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062344
MRDS ID TC35711
Record type Site
Current site name Mayer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21991, 34.40227 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MI E OF MAYER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 001E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH BANK OF BIG BUG CREEK. NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 69.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Stone Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21991, 34.40227
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE QUARRY AND MANY PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVAL-SHAPED 0.75 MI X 0.5 MI. UP TO 25 FT THICK ONYX IS BANDED AND VARIOUSLY COLORED. THE BANDED CALCITE IS PRECIPITATED FROM SPRING WATERS; IMPURIES OF IRON OXIDE ADD COLOR.

Reporter information

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