| Deposit ID | 10027552 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003341 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Butte |
| Alternate or previous names | Milton Ray, Aguila Celestite |
| Related records | 10234609 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.01382, 33.85395 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 759 |
| Relative position | NE FOOT OF BLACK BUTTE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Maricopa(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006N | 007W | 20 | NE OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Strontium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Celestite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.01382, 33.85395 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ore Zone Disturbed By Faulting |
| Length | 152.4M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | Milton Ray |
| District name | Aguila District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003341 |
U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
AIME TRANS (1935), P. 362.
MINING JOURNAL, V. 13, NO. 1, P. 32.
PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT 2.
MOORE, R.T., 1969, STRONTIUM SALTS: ABM BULL 180, P. 454.
CIMRI
MOORE, 1969.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CELESTITE OCCURS IN BEDS WITHIN THE TUFF AT SEVERAL HORIZONS AND MAY COVER 18,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS. THE CELESTITE HORIZONS ARE UP TO 2 FT THICK AND ARE INTERBEDDED WITH SHALY TUFF. THE INTERVAL CONTAINING THE CELESTITE ROCK IS 160 FT THICK. |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RECORD TC10253 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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