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Arizona Amethyst

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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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 10283777
MAS/MILS ID 0040130127
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Amethyst

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.33291, 33.67257 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
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

Four Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Four Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 N 010 E 21 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.33291, 33.67257
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. A. Storer
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOUR PKS MAP

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST. SHEETS

  • Deposit

    ADMR AZ.AMETHYST MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    LOWELL,J.& RYBICKI,T. MIN.RECORD,MAR/APRIL,'76,P72-77

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE,H.W. AZ.B.M. BULL.#180,P362

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.

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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.