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Ligier Marble Quarries

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014808
MRDS ID D011762
Record type Site
Current site name Ligier Marble Quarries
Alternate or previous names Dragoon Marble Quarries
Related records 10210059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98677, 32.01957 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 70 MILES EAST OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 023E 10,27,35 SE4 (10) OF N2 (27) OF N2 (35) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Slate, Dimension Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MARBLE WAS A WIDE VARIETY OF TEXTURES AND COLORS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Slate Ore

Analytical data

Result BRIGHTNESS OF RESERVES IS 91.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Earp Limestone;Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Earp Limestone;Escabrosa Lst
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.98677, 32.01957
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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
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer L.R. Ligier
Year of first production 1946
Production years 1946-1965, 1978, 1985

Mining district

District name Dragoon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ligier Family
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • SOME DIMENSION STONE AND CRUSHED MARBLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON DRILLING RESULTS OF THOMPSON, WEINMAN AND COMPANY, 1967.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIES

Comments on development

  • LIGIER MARBLE CO. WAS OWNER AND OPERATOR FROM 1946 TO 1962. FROM 1962 TO 1965, QUARRIES WERE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DRAGOON MARBLE COMPANY (OWNED BY CHARLES C. LEWIS CO.), BUT CLAIMS WERE RETURNED TO THE LIGIER'S WHEN OPERATIONS SHUT DOWN. MANY GROUPS HAVE TRIED TO MINE THESE DEPOSITS SINCE, BUT ECONOMICS WERE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH OPERATIONS CLOSER TO TUCSON AND OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E. F., 1914, PART 2 OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES ?1913?: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1343.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1992, PRESENT AND PAST PRODUCERS OF WHITE CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTS IN ARIZONA, IN HOUSER, B.B., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, P. 37-47.

  • 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 METAMORPHOSED UPPER PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE.
Deposit IN 1987, AN INVESTMENT GROUP WAS REFUSED PERMISSION TO PRODUCE BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXCEPT UNDER A MATERIAL PURCHASE CONTRACT. THE FOREST SERVICE COULD REFUSE TO ISSUE A MATERIAL PURCHASE CONTRACT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE QURRIES AS VIEWED FROM INTERSTATE 10 AT TEXAS CANYON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-84 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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