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Ricketts Quarry

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Quartz
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105241
MRDS ID TC35371
Record type Site
Current site name Ricketts Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ricketts Mine
Related records 10185571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36178, 31.85041 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI S OF HIGHWAY 90.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrew Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 019E 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.36178, 31.85041
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BULL QUARTZ MASSES IN HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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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