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Unnamed Deposit

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060143
MRDS ID TC10100
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45953, 31.35071 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES E. AND 8.5 MILES NE OF DOUGLAS., Acc, Within Area Described.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 23S;24S 28E 2,11;2,11,12,13,14,15 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM IS LIGHT BUFF TO WHITE IN COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE OF GYPSUM REPORTED TO BE 91-95 PERCENT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 261
USGS model code 35b.4 (35b.9)
Deposit model name Lacustrine gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45953, 31.35071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1908-1932

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Gypsum Plaster Co.; Douglas Block And Plaster Co.; And G. O. Bohannon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 40.47HA

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LARGELY CALCINED FOR PLASTER AND USE IN GYPSUM BLOCKS; LARGELY MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    STONE, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W, 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, F.W., 1940, GYPSUM: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES CIRCULAR 5, 6 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITED IN LAKE OF UNKNOWN EXTENT. GYPSUM AND GYPSITE FORM IRREGULAR LENSES UP TO 6 FT THICK AT SURFACE. DEPOSIT OVERLIES CLAY AND SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-89 Bolm, Karen S. 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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