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Little Lulu

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097335
MRDS ID TC00287
Record type Site
Current site name Little Lulu
Related records 10258096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56425, 31.68986 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 027E 23 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SWISSHELM MOUNTAINS. PHILLIPS GIVES SECTION NO. AS 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metasomatism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.56425, 31.68986
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 2 Foot Thick Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swisshelm Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, MARCH.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PEIRCE (1990)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR IN 2 FT THICK FAULT ZONE. BERYL IS TACTITE AND META-LIMESTONE WITH FLUORITE AND COPPER AND MANGANESE MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-92 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 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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