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Troy Quartzite Quarry

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064849
MRDS ID TC39730
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Quartzite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72429, 32.84093 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 016E 8 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF PUTNAM WASH, WEST OF SAN PEDRO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ashton Co.
    Home office Tucson, Az
    First year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOUSER, B.B., ED., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, 55 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 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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