Driscoll Mtn. Prospect

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186142
MAS/MILS ID 0040190197
Record type Site
Current site name Driscoll Mtn. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Driscoll Mtn Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.46317, 32.19702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1370
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Happy Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Rincon Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014 S 018 E 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.46317, 32.19702

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A., 1971, AZ FLUORSPAR: ADMMR, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C. H., DREWES, HARALD, LANE, M. E., 1981, USGS

  • Deposit

    BULL 1500, 1:48000 SCALE MAPS. (GENERAL INFO ON AREA)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION GIVEN BY ELEVATORSKI IS NOT SPECIFIC. SEC. 24 IS THE MOST LIKELY ONE IN T14S R18E, BECAUSE OF THE LIMESTONE HOST ROCK SPECIFIED BY ELEVATORSKI, AND THE KNOWN WORKINGS THERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-94 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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