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Montezuma Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Strontium, 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060259
MRDS ID TC10252
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Claims
Alternate or previous names Strontium Group, Montezuma Claims 1 To 5
Related records 10257230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77713, 32.7612 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES SOUTH OF GILA BEND, AZ., Estimated Location, Within 2 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S;008S 005W;005W 26,34;3,4,5,8,9,10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS (1987) SPLITS THE BLACK GAP AND MONTEZUMA DEPOSITS; IN ABM BULL 180 THEY ARE TREATED AS ONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MACROSCOPIC TEXTURE IS MASSIVE AND CRYSTALLINE; COLOR IS WHITE TO PINK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Strontianite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS BY PHALEN (1914) OF CELESTITE: 67.0 TO 91.5% SRSO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77713, 32.7612
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Luke Air Force Range

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS", MINERAL REPORT, NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R.T., 1969, "STRONTIUM SALTS", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 454.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHALEN, W.C., 1914, CELESTITE DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1912: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5410, P. 521-533

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CELESTITE IN BEDS WITH GYPSUM, SANDSTONE, AND CONGLOMERATE IN A ZONE 40-50 FEET THICK AND 1 MILE LONG.
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD M003169 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-91 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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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