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Amethyst

Prospect in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113591
MAS/MILS ID 0040130121
Record type Site
Current site name Amethyst

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.78762, 33.89947 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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

Tonto 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 N 006 E 31 SWSWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.78762, 33.89947
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. O'Neal, J. Wells, Wm. Zimmer
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS HUMBOLDT MTN MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR AMETHYST MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FLUORSPAR RPT,ELEVATORSKI,P30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.