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Pague Prospect

Occurrence in Cochise 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056462
MRDS ID TC00289
Record type Site
Current site name Pague Prospect
Alternate or previous names Indian Creek
Related records 10258735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.29564, 32.0343 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 030E 17 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR A PORTION OF INDIAN CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGHT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SECTION NEAR THE CENTER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.29564, 32.0343
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH A QUARTZ PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, GREEN AND PURPLE FLUORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Wells, Tina M. 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.

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