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Superior Obsidian

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Perlite, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064155
MRDS ID TC38415
Record type Site
Current site name Superior Obsidian
Alternate or previous names Boyer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12292, 33.27092 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 012E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Obsidian Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Arnett Rhyolite
    Rock description Arnett Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12292, 33.27092
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Superior

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    EYDE, TED, WILKINSON, P.A.K., AND WEILAND, E.F., 1986, FIELD TRIP TO SELECTED INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, IN BEATTY, BARBARA, AND WILKINSON, P.A.K., EDS., FRONTIERS IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 312-318.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAREKANITE (HOMOGENEOUS DARK GLASS) OCCURS IN PERLITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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