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Vermiculite Lode

Occurrence in Mohave 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 10064178
MRDS ID TC38452
Record type Site
Current site name Vermiculite Lode
Alternate or previous names Micro-Cell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90912, 35.14169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 15 MI SE OF KINGMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020N 015W 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL IN SW/4 OF SEC. 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90912, 35.14169
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • IN 1940, MICRO-CELL INSULATION CO. BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPOSIT BY INSTALLING A PILOT MILL TO PREPARE RAW VERMICULITE FOR SHIPMENT TO CALIFORNIA. THE PROJECT NEVER REACHED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 1969, P. 463.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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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