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Gypsite Quarries

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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 10283043
MAS/MILS ID 0040030150
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsite Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.47204, 31.45014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

College Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024 S 028 E 11 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.47204, 31.45014
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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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arizona Gypsum Plaster Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1908
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Douglas Gypsum Block Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T24S R28E SEC 2, 12-15

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 63

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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