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Bowie Zeolite Deposit

Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Zeolites
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000392
MRDS ID D011826
Record type District
Current site name Bowie Zeolite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bowie Chabazite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.36734, 32.45012 (WGS84)
Relative position OCCUPIES ABOUT 12 SQ KM IN SAN SIMON VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martin Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 Graham
United States Arizona Cochise

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 171
USGS model code 25ob
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of saline, alkaline-lake depos

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.36734, 32.45012
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAN SIMON VALLEY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Oscar Lowe
Year of first production 1962

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UOP
    Home office GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., 1978, ABGMT: V. 8, NO. 4, P. 1-5.

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, R.A., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 465-466.

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, R.A., GUDE, A.J., 3D, AND EDSON, G.M., 1978, IN SAND, L.B., AND MUMPTON, F.A., EDS., NATURAL ZEOLITES-OCCURRENCE, PROPERTIES, AND USE: OXFORD AND NEW YORK, PERGAMON PRESS, P. 319-328.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1987, THE BOWIE CHABAZITE DEPOSIT, IN PEIRCE, H.W., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.

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