The Don Luis Quarry is a silica mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Don Luis Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Don Luis Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gilbert Construction Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT-LONG IS FOR LOCATION IN THE SE/4 OF SECTION 21, NW OF DON LUIS PEAK.
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION OF SILICA FLUX.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA DMR, SEPT. 1983.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
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