Larson Quarry

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110071
MRDS ID TC10150
Record type Site
Current site name Larson Quarry
Alternate or previous names Arizona Gypsum, Verde Gypsum, Camp Verde Gypsum
Related records 10162122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78323, 34.53616 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Verde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 005E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF VERDE VALLEY, 4.5 MILES SE OF CAMP VERDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Bentonite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result 90% OR MORE GYPSUM, PURE, WHITE, MASSIVE, MICROCRYSTALLINE AND GRANULAR

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 261
USGS model code 35b.4 (35b.9)
Deposit model name Lacustrine gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Verde Formation
    Rock description Verde Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78323, 34.53616

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVED AND RESOURCES ESTIMATED IN MILLIONS OF TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN 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

    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.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS1989-90: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY, 14 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    AZ BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, P. 375.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY COVERS SEVERAL SQUARE MILES. THE GYPSIFEROUS SEQUENCE, AS MUCH AS 100 FT THICK, CONTAINS A SERIES OF NEARLY PURE, FLAT-LYING GYPSUM BEDS INTERBEDDED WITH MUDSTONE AND VOLCANIC ASH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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