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Contact Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027561
MRDS ID M003360
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Mine
Alternate or previous names Contact 1, 3 Prospects
Related records 10113398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73269, 33.89339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH EAST OF VULTURE PEAK., Utm's Measured To Small Workings Symbol, Based On Usbm Mils Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickenburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 005W 01 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 60% CALCIUM FLUORIDE
Result SILICA IMPURITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73269, 33.89339
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 200 SHORT TONS OF FLUORITE ORE HAVE BEEN MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ADMR.

  • Deposit

    AZ GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XII, 1980, P. 93, MAP.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OF FLUORITE 0.5 TO 1 FT WIDE IN A RED ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 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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