Whitlock Deposit

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Diatomite, Uranium, Zeolites
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001321
MRDS ID TC10203
Record type District
Current site name Whitlock Deposit
Alternate or previous names Flat Tire Mine, Whitlock Hills, Dry Mountain
Related records 10234346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46955, 32.71451 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position USED CENTER OF THE AREA DESCRIBED. NORTHWEST OF THE WHITLOCK HILLS, ON NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLANKS OF DRY MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Graham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 222
USGS model code 31s
Deposit model name Lacustrine diatomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.46955, 32.71451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1989, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, DIATOMITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 337-342.

  • Deposit

    RICHTER, D.H., AND LAWRENCE, V.A., 1983, MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP OF SILVER CITY 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1310-B, SCALE 1:250,000.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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