Whitecliffs

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Clay, Diatomite, Silica
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210795
MRDS ID TC10208
MAS/MILS ID 0040210883
Record type Site
Current site name Whitecliffs
Alternate or previous names Arizona Gypsum, Arizite Products, Arizite, Kaolin Claims, Nuez Claims, Oversite Claims
Related records 10060239

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.54708, 32.64041 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(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

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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 S 018 E 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Diatomite Primary
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.54708, 32.64041

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner University Of Arizona, Hollis T. Lucas, Asst. Comptroller
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Azo Mined Products Co.(Ampco),Henry Farabee
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SEC.17,18,20,29 AND 30,AND INTO SEC.

  • Deposit

    13 AND 24,9S 18E

  • Deposit

    ADMR WHITECLIFFS MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS CLARK RANCH QUAD

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 180 MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF AZ 1975 P 329,

  • Deposit

    338 AND 375

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAMMOTH MINING AND MINERALS INC FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR AZO MINED PRODUCTS CO INC FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D ARIZONA NONMETALLICS ABM 152 1944 P 18

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI,E A AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 1980 P 54

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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