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Weary Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060265
MRDS ID TC10264
Record type Site
Current site name Weary Mine
Alternate or previous names Weary Lode No. 2, McKusick Mosaic
Related records 10258350

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80597, 33.33676 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES S OF GLOBE, AZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 015E 22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80597, 33.33676
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Limb Of Miami Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Kusick Mosaic
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Kusick Mosaic
    Home office Globe, Az
    First year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • OPEN PIT MINE ACTIVE AS OF DECEMBER, 1991.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    "DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA": ARIZONA DMR, SEPT. 1983.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 331.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN METALLIC MINERAL MINING DISTRICT AND PROBABLY OF HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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