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Deer Creek Fire Agate Mine

Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137577
MAS/MILS ID 0040090173
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek Fire Agate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -110.27097, 32.67121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1490
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kennedy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 S 020 E 11 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -110.27097, 32.67121
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FIRE AGATE AND CHALCEDONY, AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. OPEN CUT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG IN VOLCANIC ROCK. SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATION CURRENTLY BEING WORKED BY HAND TOOLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS KENNEDY PEAD QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 4, GALIURO MOUNTAINS UNIT, GRAHAM

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA ??-93, 40 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1993 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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