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Granville Area Perlite Occurrence

Occurrence in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060356
MRDS ID TC10733
Record type Site
Current site name Granville Area Perlite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.34898, 33.18677 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES N OF MORENCI., Within 1/2 Mile., Within 1/2 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 03S 029E 10 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLACK TO GRAY PERLITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.34898, 33.18677
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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 Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JASTER, M.C., 1956, PERLITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1027-I, P. 375-403.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE ASSOCIATED WITH AGGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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