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Yellow Flower Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105109
MRDS ID TC10260
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Flower Mine
Related records 10137500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.34243, 33.75006 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MI SW OF AGUILA, AZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harquahala Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 010W 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diopside Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.34243, 33.75006
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION WITH BULD OF MATERIAL SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA FOR USE IN THE CERAMIC TILE INDUSTRY AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. IN 1963 200 TPM WERE MINED AND MARKETED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FUNNELL, J.E., AND WOLFE, E.J., 1964, "COMPENDIUM ON NONMETALLIC MINERALS OF ARIZONA", P. 98.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 332.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS?

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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