Beryl Hill and Live Oak Prospects

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097929
MRDS ID D011816
Record type Site
Current site name Beryl Hill and Live Oak Prospects
Related records 10209693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45759, 32.20429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowie Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 028E 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 0.18-2.6% BEO

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45759, 32.20429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION OF BERYL IN LATE 1950'S BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H. C., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-6828, P. 14-16.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R. T., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 104-105.

  • 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 QUARTZ PEGMATITE MASSES IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE DIKES IN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS AND FRACTURE COATINGS ALONG GNEISS-GRANITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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