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Breche Saguaro Quarry

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234108
MAS/MILS ID 0040030826
Record type Site
Current site name Breche Saguaro Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ligier-Arizona Marble Quarries, Dragoon Marble Quarries, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit

Comments on the site names

  • PART OF LIGIER-ARIZONA MARBLE QUARRIES, INC., AND ITS SUCCESSOR DRAGOON MARBLE QUARRIES.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.97126, 32.00373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 016 S 023 E 35 C N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -109.97126, 32.00373
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dragoon Marble Quarries
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1963
    First year 1962
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ligier Estate
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1986
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED FROM SIZE OF EXCAVATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, G. W., 1963, MARBLE OCCURRENCES IN THE DRAGOON PASS

  • Deposit

    AREA, UNPUB. GEOL. ASSESSMENT, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1963, ADMMR FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT ON

  • Deposit

    DRAGOON MARBLE QUARRIES, 1 P.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 10-16, D8-9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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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