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Snow White Perlite Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026774
MRDS ID M000184
Record type Site
Current site name Snow White Perlite Mine
Related records 10210582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16598, 33.31952 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NW OF SUPERIOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picketpost Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 01S;01S 12E;11E 19,20,29,30;25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PERLITE IS GRAY AND RELATIVELY MASSIVE WITH LITTLE OR NO "ONION" PERLITE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16598, 33.31952
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING ABOUT 200 TONS PER DAY IN 1947. OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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