Castle Dome

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060273
MRDS ID TC10276
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95542, 33.40786 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 01N 014E 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Primary
Barium-Barite Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95542, 33.40786

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS TC10276

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATROSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS," MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE, BARITE, AND QUARTZ CRYSTALS ALONG FRACTURES AND VUGS IN MESOZOIC(?) QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDE MINERALS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10242 OF R. KIBBE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey