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Pavonazzo and Pentelicus Quarries

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10014837
MRDS ID D011817
Record type Site
Current site name Pavonazzo and Pentelicus Quarries
Alternate or previous names Paranazzo and Pentelicus
Related records 10161494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.40758, 32.11402 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowie Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 029E 20 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1900'S BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1909, BUILDING STONES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 380-I, P. 306-309.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1914, PART 2 OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES ?1913?: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1342-1343.

  • 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 PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONE. BANDS AND LENSES WITH NW TREND AND DIPPING NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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