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Arizona Barite

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234867
MAS/MILS ID 0040130126
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Barite
Alternate or previous names Granite Reef, Chrisman Barite, Mesa Barite Claims, Phoenix Group, Macco

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.64492, 33.54088 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Reef Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002 N 007 E 04 S2SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.64492, 33.54088
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Barite Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1946
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. F. Paine
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GRANITE REEF DAM

  • Deposit

    ADMR ARIZONA BARITE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR "U" FILE

  • Deposit

    STEWART,L,A, & PFISTER,A.J, USBM RI 5651,P32

  • Deposit

    BROBST,D.A. AZ.B.M. #180,P312,314

  • Deposit

    WILSON,F,& ROSEVEARE,G. AZ.B.M.#155,P11

  • Deposit

    BROBST,D, USGS 1072-B,P106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr 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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