Turquoise Deposit

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Semiprecious Gemstone, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161389
MAS/MILS ID 0040070672
Record type Site
Current site name Turquoise Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.64239, 33.83067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 016 E 16 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.64239, 33.83067

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRIMARY PRODUCT IS TURQUOISE

  • Deposit

    MOORE R T MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FT APACHE INDIAN RESERVA-

  • Deposit

    TION AZBM BULL 177 1968 P 39,40,54 AND 55

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.