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Sacaton Mountains

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Corundum, Titanium, Metal
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095955
MRDS ID TC10257
Record type Site
Current site name Sacaton Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69488, 33.00842 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sacaton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 005E 12 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS REPORTS THE TOWNSHIP AND RANGE AS 6S, 6E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Rutile Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69488, 33.00842
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FUTURE OF PRODUCTION OF ABRASIVE QUALITY CORUNDUM IN ARIZONA IS PRACTICALLY NIL. HOWEVER, SPECIMENS OF GEM (LARGELY SEMIPRECIOUS) QUALITY MAY STILL BE FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1963, "MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, D.M., 1969, "CORUNDUM", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 336.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE CORUNDUM AND ASSOCIATED QUARTZ AND RUTILE, FORM IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER, IN FELSITE DIKES THAT CUT COARSE GRAINED GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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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