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Maricopa Mica Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mica
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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 10234974
MRDS ID M001905
MAS/MILS ID 0040130430
Record type Site
Current site name Maricopa Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Maricopa Mica, Lemon Mica
Related records 10027070

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -112.71044, 33.16478 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton Center NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003 S 004 W 18 NESW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -112.71044, 33.16478
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buckeye Mica
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILL PRODUCING IN 1976

  • Deposit

    ADMR MARIC.MICA FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-83 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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