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Tonto Basin Chabazite Deposit

Occurrence in Gila 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 10062178
MRDS ID TC35480
MAS/MILS ID 0040070657
Record type Site
Current site name Tonto Basin Chabazite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.2785, 33.8771 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kayler Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(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 06N 010E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chabazite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.2785, 33.8771
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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
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EYDE,T.H., ARIZONA ZEOLITES P. 34-35, ADMR PUBLICATION

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHABAZITE OCCURS IN 6 LAYERS OF ALTERED ASHY TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-APR-84 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0040070657 (Dep_id 10209877) and deleted that record.

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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