The Buell Park is a gemstone, olivine, and garnet mine located in Apache county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gemstone, Olivine, Garnet
Lat, Long: 35.9, -109.09667
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Buell Park MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buell Park
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Olivine
Primary: Garnet
Location
State: Arizona
County: Apache
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Kimberlite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Kimberlite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrope
Ore: Peridot
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STONES ARE FOUND IN THE DETRITUS ACCUMULATED BY ANTS IN AND AROUND BUELL PARK.
Comment (Workings): STONES SCAVAGED BY HAND METHODS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LABOR NECESSARY TO CUT AND POLISH THE STONES WOULD SEEM TO PRECLUDE ANY LARGER, COMMERCIALLY PROFITABLE OPERATION.
Comment (Location): USED LAT/LONG FOR BUELL PARK AS GIVEN IN USGS PROF. PAPER 1200-AZ. PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS T2N, R6W.
Comment (Commodity): STONES AVERAGE 2-3 MM IN DIAMETER, BUT GENERALLY ARE CLEAR AND OF A PLEASING COLOR. PYROPE GARNETS OF GOOD GEM QUALITY WITH AVERAGE SIZE < 1 CARAT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J.E., AND BALK, ROBERT, 1954, MINERAL RESOURCES OF FORT DEFIANCE AND TOHATCHI QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 36, 192 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA-UTAH, UNIVERISTY OF ARIZONA, P. 94.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): PEIRCE, 1969.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.
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