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Squaw Peak Area

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060213
MRDS ID TC10177
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Peak Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02156, 33.56257 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyslope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 03N 003E 35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Holocene surficial deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NELS ANDERSON SHIPPED ABOUT 38 T OF KYANITE FROM SQUAW PEAK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 2.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1949, ARIZONA NONMETALLICS; A SUMMARY OF PAST PRODUCTION AND PRESENT OPERATIONS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 155, 60 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILSON AND ROSEVEARE, 1949, P. 43.

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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