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Altuda

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105244
MRDS ID TC35423
Record type Site
Current site name Altuda
Related records 10234984

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40851, 32.79815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Horn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S;007S 001W;002W 19,30;24,25 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF SILICEOUS SMELTER FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, J.A., AND TOSDAL, R.M., 1986, MINERAL OCCURRENCE MAP AND TABULATION OF GEOLOGIC, COMMODITY, AND PRODUCTION DATA, AJO AND LUKEVILLE QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1834-A, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • 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 QUARTZ VEIN WITH GOLD AND SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-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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