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Douglas Area Gypsum

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105115
MRDS ID TC10389
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Area Gypsum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46453, 31.35932 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI E AND 8.5 MI NE OF DOUGLAS, AZ., Accuracy Unknown, Accuracy Unknown

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 24S;23S 028E;028E 2,11,12,13,14,15;2,11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR GRAVEL PIT MARKED IN NE/4 OF SEC. 11, T24S, R28E. ANOTHER QUARRY MARKED IN NW/4 OF SEC. 11, T23S, R28E HAS A LATITUDE OF 31-27-00N AND A LONGITUDE OF 109-28-18W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGELY CALCINED FOR PLASTER AND USE IN GYPSUM BLOCKS. GYPSUM 91-95%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.46453, 31.35932
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1908-1932

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Gypsum Plaster Co., Douglas Block And Plaster Co., And G. O. Bohannon.

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION, MAY BE 'MINED OUT.'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA:WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 371-385.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LIGHT BUFF TO WHITE GYPSUM AND GYPSITE LENSES UP TO 6 FT THICK OVERLYING CENOZOIC CLAY AND SHALE. LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-92 Wells, Tina M. (Carbonaro, Marguerite M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-93 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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