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Ligier Marble Quarries, Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 1' 9'' North , 109° 59' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.01917,-109.98583
GeoHash:
G#:9t9y1hyv0
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Group ofQuarries
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dragoon209(2011)5.1km
Saint David1,699(2011)25.0km
Benson4,888(2017)29.7km
Willcox3,552(2017)29.7km
Whetstone2,617(2011)34.3km
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ClubLocationDistance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona20km
Mindat Locality ID:
32735
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32735:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Dragoon Marble Quarries; Ligier-Arizona Marble Quarries


A former small surface marble products quarry complex located in the SE ¼ sec. 10, North-central sec. 27 and North-central sec. 35, T.16S., R.23E. Discovered by L.R. Ligier in 1909. Produced 1946-1965, 1978, and 1985. Additional names associated with this group of quarries: Yuma claims; Ligier Red Marble Quarry; Apache Yellow Quarries. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 32.0053N, 110.005W.

Mineralization is marbelized, fractured, and folded white and colored Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian limestones (Earp Limestone; Escabrosa Limestone).

Workings are quarries operations. A relatively small production of dimension stone and crushed marble were produced.

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ⓘ'Limonite'
SiO2ⓘQuartz
SiO2ⓘQuartz var. Agate
SiO2ⓘQuartz var. Chalcedony

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz
var. Agate		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
HⓘGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
CⓘCalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
OⓘQuartz var.AgateSiO2
OⓘCalciteCaCO3
OⓘQuartz var.ChalcedonySiO2
OⓘGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OⓘHematiteFe2O3
OⓘQuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
SiⓘQuartz var.AgateSiO2
SiⓘQuartz var.ChalcedonySiO2
SiⓘQuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
CaⓘCalciteCaCO3
FeIron
FeⓘGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
FeⓘHematiteFe2O3

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Link to USGS MRDS:10014808

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Ligier Marble Quarries, Dragoon, Arizona by Rolf Luetcke


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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10014808, MRDS ID #D011762; and, Dep. ID #10161457, MAS ID #0040030827; and, Dep. ID #10208094, MAS ID #0040030825; and, Dep. ID #10210059, MAS ID #0040030170.
Burchard, E.F. (1914) Chapter on Arizona, in: Mineral Resources of the U.S. 1913, Part II, Nonmetals: 1343.
Wilson, E.D. & G.H. Roseveare (1949), Arizona Nonmetallics, A Summary of Past Production and Present Operations, 2nd. Edition (revised), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 155: 48.
Mieritz, R.E. (1958) Ligier Marble Property, 5p. (unpublished report).
Cooper, J.R. (1960) Reconnaissance map of the Willcox, Fisher Hills, Cochise, and Dos Cabezas quadrangles, Cochise and Graham Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-231, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500.
Townsend, R.C. (1962) Stone in Arizona, an economic study: Phoenix, Arizona Development Board, 50 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:2,500,000: 19-22.
Bain, G.W. (1963) Marble Occurrences in the Dragoon Pass Area, unpublished geological assessment, 33p.
Johnson, A.L. (1963) Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Field Engineers Report on Dragoon Marble Quarries, 1p.
Cooper, J.R. & L.T. Silver (1964), Geology and Ore Deposits of the Dragoon Quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona, USGS PP 416: 138-139.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona.University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Minesp.64 - Table 4
Phillips, Ken A. (1987)Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Eyde, T.H. and Eyde, D.T. (1992) Present and Past Producers of White Calcium Carbonate Products in Arizona. In: Houser, B.B., editor, Industrial Minerals of the Tucson Area and San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona: Tucson, Arizona, Arizona Geological Society Field Trip, April 4-5, 1992, Guidebook: 37-47.
Chatman, M.L. (1993) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 30-93: 10-16, D11-D12, D19-D20.
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