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Turkey Creek Ridge Deposit

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10060147
MRDS ID TC10104
Record type Site
Current site name Turkey Creek Ridge Deposit
Related records 10161511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70398, 31.89791 (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

Sulphur Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(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 018S 026E 04 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN SULPHUR SPRING VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM IS CRYSTALLINE AND FIBROUS, WHITE TO REDDISH, AND VERY GRITTY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY LOW GRADE, EXTENT UNKNOWN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.70398, 31.89791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.98M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS ARE CRUDELY BEDDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATES, D.R., AND CUSHMAN, R.L., 1955, GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF THE DOUGLAS BASIN , ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1354, 56 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NONFOSSILIFEROUS GYPSUM IN BEDS UP TO 6.5 FT THICK.
Deposit THIS RECORD IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF TC10105.

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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