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Sugarloaf Butte Alunite

Prospect in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137700
MRDS ID D002156
MAS/MILS ID 0040120008
Record type Site
Current site name Sugarloaf Butte Alunite
Related records 10009277

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.31639, 33.63316 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Camp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 003 N 020 W 03 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.31639, 33.63316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 61M
    Length 1219M
    Width 305M
    Depth to top 61M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 911010

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929

Mining district

District name Quartzsite

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ropp Brothers
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THOENEN, J.R. ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUMINES RI 3561, 1941, 48 PP.

  • Deposit

    HEINEMAN R E S 1935 ENG MIN JNL V 136 P 138-139

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION IS NECESSARY TO PROVE THIS PROPERTY. THOENEN (1941) HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE PROPERTY MAY HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL AS A VERY LARGE, LOW-GRADE, OPEN PIT STRIP MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-91 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

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