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Buckeye Hills Mica

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105116
MRDS ID TC10712
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Hills Mica
Related records 10113702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58241, 33.31258 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MILES S OF BUCKEYE., Within Area Described, Within Area Described

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckeye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 003W 20;29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS A CLEAR, YELLOWISH-GREEN COLOR. SHEETS MEASURE 4-5 IN ACROSS BUT HAVE BEEN CRUSHED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Sericite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58241, 33.31258
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Dr. Burt Ogburn

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: REQUIRES LITTLE MILLING OR GRADING. MUCH MATERIAL PROCESSED AND SHIPPED AS GROUND MICA. PRODUCT RANGED FROM -200 TO -325 MESH. ; MILL.CAP : 6 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STERRET, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 740, 342 P.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1949, ARIZONA NONMETALLICS, A SUMMARY OF PAST PRODUCTION AND PRESENT OPERATIONS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 155, 60 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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