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Alpine

Occurrence in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062170
MRDS ID TC35472
MAS/MILS ID 0040010019
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.15065, 33.84314 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR ALPINE, AZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alpine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nutrioso(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 Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 05N 030E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION.
  • There is a mined area less than half a mile to the east, but I don't know if it is this property. Settling ponds and stripped area visible on Google Earth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.15065, 33.84314
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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
Area name Apache National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, R.A., 1969, ZEOLITES, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, P. 464-467.

  • Deposit

    EYDE,T; ADMR AZ.ZEOLITES RPT;P16

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80% OF THE "TUFF" IS CLINOPTILOLITE. THE ZEOLITIC BED IS THIN AND DISCONTINUOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0040010019 (Dep_ID and deleted that record.
Reporter 04-NOV-83 \nAdmr U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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