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Sunset Prospect

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095782
MRDS ID M800261
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Prospect
Related records 10283512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57435, 33.95589 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 003W 16 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57435, 33.95589
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Layering In Schist Trends N65e And Dips Steeply Nnw By Pegmatite

Ore body information

  • General form DIKELIKE
    Strike N40E
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 161.54M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST HOST ROCK APPEARS VOLCANIC IN ORIGIN. AMPHIBOLITE RICH BRECCIA WITH CHLORITE & EPIDOTE RICH LAYERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, ABGMT BULL 162, 1952, P. 83-84.

  • 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 MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINS NO LI MINERALS, PEGMATITE IS ZONED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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