Turtle Spar

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234566
MAS/MILS ID 0040190675
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Spar
Alternate or previous names Turtle Green

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -111.18599, 31.93902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 011 E 23 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -111.18599, 31.93902

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Bustamonte
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Madigan And Palmer
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED IN PAPAGO MINING DIST, 40 (?) MILES SW OF TUCSON

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    RFC B-368

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA 1943

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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