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Scarface Mountain Area

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Wollastonite, Copper, Garnet
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Sections on this page
  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 10064152
MRDS ID TC38409
Record type Site
Current site name Scarface Mountain Area
Related records 10186459

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93213, 32.20204 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bates Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 14S;14S 006W;007W 17,18,19,20;13,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. LAT-LONG IS FOR PROSPECTS ON SOUTHERN HALF OF BORDER BETWEEN R7W, SEC. 13, AND R6W, SEC. 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Wollastonite Primary
Copper Primary
Garnet Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wollastonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93213, 32.20204
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE WOLLASTONITE LENSES IN ALTERED LIMESTONE WITH GARNET AND COPPER MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 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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