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Irene Wash

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062373
MRDS ID TC35750
Record type Site
Current site name Irene Wash
Alternate or previous names Little Mattie Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79985, 32.57372 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SW OF ORACLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oracle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 015E 10 E2 OF SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTRAL POINT ALONG IRENE WASH IN SEC. 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79985, 32.57372
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED FOR MILL TEST MATERIAL BUT NOT COMMERCIALLY MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ABM BULLETIN 180, 1969, P. 463.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R.T., AND VARGA, R.J., 1976, MAPS SHOWING NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-845-J, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 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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