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Sillimanite Occurrence

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060205
MRDS ID TC10168
Record type Site
Current site name Sillimanite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20825, 36.09862 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM MONUMENT CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 31N 1E;2E 1;6 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WRITTEN AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE ABOUT 1 MILE APART.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT IN THE INNER GORGE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sillimanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20825, 36.09862
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1970, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 181, 116 P.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R.T., WILSON, E.D., AND O'HAIRE, R.T., 1960, GEOLOGIC MAP OF COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, SCALE 1:375,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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