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Phillips Mine

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014591
MRDS ID D011432
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Mine
Alternate or previous names Dean, Ontario and Stotts
Related records 10234316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.05064, 32.82511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Camp Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 032E 15 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.05064, 32.82511
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock Disrtict

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF FLUORSPAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., 1966, US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-6828, 68 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS ALONG NARROW DIKES IN VOLCANICS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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