Unidentified Fluorspar Occurrence

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056480
MRDS ID TC00321
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Fluorspar Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86744, 33.28618 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 02S 016W 1 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86744, 33.28618

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Comments on the production information

  • NO FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE AND CALCITE WITH LEAD ORES IN FAULTED SCHIST NEAR MONZONITE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.