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Sylvania Mica

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Garnet
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064176
MRDS ID TC38449
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvania Mica
Related records 10258897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21101, 33.21091 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 001E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SEC. 36.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Secondary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Ore
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21101, 33.21091
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF "SHEET" OR "PUNCH" GRADE MICA PRODUCED IN PAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUSCOVITE OCCURS AS BOOKS. GARNET IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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