Boyer Claims

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Perlite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283407
MAS/MILS ID 0040210202
Record type Site
Current site name Boyer Claims
Alternate or previous names Superior Obsidian Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.124, 33.27369 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002 S 012 E 09 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.124, 33.27369

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Lee Boyer
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSIDIAN IS A COPRODUCT

  • Deposit

    ADMR BOYER CLAIMS FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAPS ADOT HIGHWAY MAP-PINAL CO 1949 P 1

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR SUPERIOR OBSIDIAN GROUP FILE

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.