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Seal Rock Group

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Kyanite, Mica, Mercury
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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. 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 10040383
MRDS ID M055125
Record type Site
Current site name Seal Rock Group
Alternate or previous names Sealrock
Related records 10113300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02045, 33.54396 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 1.5 MILES SE OF SQUAW PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyslope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002N 003E 13 NW OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NOT LOCATED ON QUAD. ESTIMATED FROM MILLS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Mica Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Kyanite Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02045, 33.54396
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Phoenix Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 690 P. 104.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER NO 509- SEALROCK GROUP.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND ED.: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PAST KYANITE PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SCHRADER (USGS BULL. 690) CLAIMS CINNABAR WAS FOUND. OTHER WORK SHOWS NO SUCH OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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