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White Perlite Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027580
MRDS ID M003421
Record type Site
Current site name White Perlite Mine
Alternate or previous names Popcorn Mine
Related records 10137919

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06048, 33.69534 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Utm At Common Corner Of Sections

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hummingbird Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 008W 10,11,14,15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS (1987) GIVES LOCATION AS SECTION 15, T5N, R8W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06048, 33.69534
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Horn District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CARD FILE

Reporter information

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