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Norps Group

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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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 10060293
MRDS ID TC10312
Record type Site
Current site name Norps Group
Related records 10259318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.34243, 33.72617 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 010W 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF THE NORPS GROUP IS LOCATED AT SEC 36, T5N, R11W WITH ESTIMATED GEODETIC COORDINATES OF 33-43-40N, 113-15-52W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.34243, 33.72617
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE EXPLORATION WORK BUT NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, P. 83-84.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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