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Middleblack Mountains Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Mohave 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060365
MRDS ID TC10743
Record type Site
Current site name Middleblack Mountains Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38609, 35.3228 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burns Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Detrital Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 22N 20W 2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF CERRO LAJITAS, IN THE HEADWATERS OF QUEBRADA DE LAS VACAS
  • EAST OF THE WINDMILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE GOLD VALUE IN OXIDE ZONE 3.4 G/T, 6.6 BELOW

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38609, 35.3228
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSES
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 402.33M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE VEIN IN LIMESTONE TO NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 500+ OF TAILINGS IN 6.9 G/T AU, 440 G/T AG

Comments on the workings information

  • IN OXIDE ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, GEORGE, 1945, ARIZONA PERLITE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, CIRCULAR 12, 10 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE MASSES WITH LATITE OCCUR IN A VOLCANIC BRECCIA OVERLAIN BY TUFF. UPPER 25 FEET CONTAIN BANDS OF LATITE.
Deposit STRIKE & DIP FOR JOINT FILLINGS: THE CONTACT DEPOSIT STRIKES N25W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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