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San Carlos Deposit

Past Producer in Gila 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060154
MRDS ID TC10111
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos Deposit
Related records 10136698

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.50235, 33.33842 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF SAN CARLOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucket Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 1S 18E 16,09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE GYPSUM IS GENERALLY WHITE AND GRANULAR AND IN THE OUTCROPS HAS A FEW SEAMS AND POCKETS OF CLAY SCATTERED THROUGH IT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADE IS "FAIR TO GOOD".

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.50235, 33.33842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 15 TO 25 SW
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS A ROUGH ESTIMATE, PERHAPS 100,000 TONS OF GYPSUM MIGHT BE RECOVERED FROM THE THICKEST BEDS BY OPEN-PIT METHODS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE REV. F.J. UPLEGGER UTILIZED A SMALL AMOUNT MANY YEARS AGO TO MAKE A PLASTER FOR INSCRIPTIONS. MINED ON A SMALL SCALE FOR LOCAL USE. PERHAPS 100,000 TONS COULD BE MINES BY OPEN-PIT METHODS. DOWNDIP UNDERGROUND METHODS WOULD BE NEEDED.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LESS THAN 1/2 MILE FROM RAILROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., AND SHRIDE, A.F., 1956, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-N, P. 613-691.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 378.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN GENERAL BEDS DIP FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES SW AND STRIKE NW; HOWEVER, AT THE NORTHWEST END ON THE OUTCROP THE BEDS ARE NEARLY FLAT, OR HAVE A SLIGHT NORTHWARD DIP. THERE ARE 3-5 GYPSUM BEDS, 2-10 FT THICK, IN 100-150 FT THICK EXPOSURES OF GYPSUM, MUDSTONE, SILTSTONE, AND SANDSTONE. GYPSUM INCLUDES SEAMS AND POCKETS OF CLAY. DEPOSIT COVERED BY OVERBURDEN OF VARIABLE THICKNESS. GYPSUM BEDS MAY EXTEND THROUGH 9 ACRE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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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