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Peloncillo Mountains

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023617
MRDS ID I000805
Record type Site
Current site name Peloncillo Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25064, 32.58344 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location Is Central For The Peloncillo Mountains, Exact Location Unknown.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitlock Cienega(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HIGHWAY 666, BETWEEN SAFFORD AND CLIFTON AND NEAR THE GRAHAM-GREENLEE COUNTRY LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Agate Ore
Chalcedony Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25064, 32.58344
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

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