Duncan area Diatomite deposits, Steeple Rock District (Duncan District), Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 32°45'0"N
Longitude: 109°7'29"W

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A diatomite occurrence located in sec. 12, T8S, R31E, outcrops on the N side of the Gila River just N of Duncan.

Mineralization is lacustrine diatomite deposit. Horizontal diatomite beds interbedded with clay crop out in low cliffs.

References

Peirce, H.W. (1969), Diatomite, in USGS & Arizona Bureau of Mines & U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180 (USGS Bull.871): 337-342.

Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.

Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10060236 MRDS ID #TC10205.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

'Diatomaceous Earth'

Opal
var: Diatomite

2 entries listed.

Localities in this Region

USA

Arizona
- Greenlee Co.
  - Steeple Rock District (Duncan District)
    - Duncan area Diatomite deposits
      - Diatomite prospect

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