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Heavy Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039671
MRDS ID M050624
Record type Site
Current site name Heavy Boy Prospect
Related records 10186463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.62762, 32.06012 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN COLOSSAL CAVE PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vail(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 17E 08 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM LONGITUDE IS INCORRECT (110-18-34W).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE NODULES & DISSEMINATIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.62762, 32.06012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Concentrations Occur In Fractures Of Various Attitudes Or As Unrelated Replacement Masses.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rincon District

Comments on the production information

  • 2 LOTS OF HAND SORTED, MILLING GRADE ORE IS ON DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A. & PFISTER, A.J. 1960, BARITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM RI 5651.

  • 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 MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE STRINGERS.
Deposit LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF BARITE OCCUR ALONG HILLSIDE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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