Peridot (Peridot)
Peridot (Tséé Dotłʼizh "Blue Rock" ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gila and Graham counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 1,350 at the 2010 census.
Peridot is named for the mineral peridot, found in basalt flows nearby.
Peridot is located in southeastern Gila County and northwestern Graham County at 33.30389°N, -110.455°W (33.303884, -110.455046), within the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. U.S. Route 70 passes through the community, leading west 20 mi to Globe, the Gila County seat, and southeast 57 mi to Safford, the Graham County seat. The San Carlos River, a tributary of the Gila River, flows southward through the CDP and forms the county boundary. Coolidge Dam, forming San Carlos Lake on the Gila and San Carlos rivers, is 11 mi to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Peridot CDP has a total area of 13.4 km2, all land.
Peridot is named for the mineral peridot, found in basalt flows nearby.
Peridot is located in southeastern Gila County and northwestern Graham County at 33.30389°N, -110.455°W (33.303884, -110.455046), within the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. U.S. Route 70 passes through the community, leading west 20 mi to Globe, the Gila County seat, and southeast 57 mi to Safford, the Graham County seat. The San Carlos River, a tributary of the Gila River, flows southward through the CDP and forms the county boundary. Coolidge Dam, forming San Carlos Lake on the Gila and San Carlos rivers, is 11 mi to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Peridot CDP has a total area of 13.4 km2, all land.
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