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Planet Peak Area

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104305
MRDS ID TC00301
Record type Site
Current site name Planet Peak Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.96495, 34.24282 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Planet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 10N 16W 6 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS. PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC 29, T10N, R17W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Limestone, General Primary
Copper Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.96495, 34.24282
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF CARBONATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 173.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PEIRCE, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW FLUORSPAR VEINS IN A FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES PREC GRANITE AND SCHIST FROM PAL OR MES LIMESTONE. HYDROTHERMAL CARBONATE SPENCER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Wells, Tina M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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