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Big Spar Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica
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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 10210542
MRDS ID TC00309
MAS/MILS ID 0040130157
Record type Site
Current site name Big Spar Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Star
Related records 10056474

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.79605, 33.89616 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
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

Vulture Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 006 N 005 W 04 SENENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.79605, 33.89616
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. D. Campbell
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel, William
    Year 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILL OPERATED ON THIS PROPERTY:CRUSHER,ELEVATOR,SHAKING

  • Deposit

    SCREEN POWERED BY GAS ENGINE

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SEC 05NE,T6N,R5W

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 VULTURE MTNS MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR BIG SPAR MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI,E.A.ADMR AZ. FLUORSPAR RPT, 1971,P27

  • Deposit

    ADMR IND.MIN.RPT,P37

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    MEEVES,H, USBM R.I.6828,P58

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E, & ROSEVEARE,G, AZ.B.M.#155,P21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.