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Safford Well

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bromine, Halite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014842
MRDS ID D011824
Record type Site
Current site name Safford Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65621, 32.79483 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Acc Within 0.5 Mile Of The Section 26 Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Safford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 025E;026E 22;26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WATER CONTAINING 120,000 PPM DISSOLVED SOLIDS, MOSTLY NA AND CL IN SAMPLE TAKEN FROM 1250 FT (SECTION 22). IN SECTION 26, CORE REVEALED DISCRETE HALITE CRYSTALS IN MUDSTONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65621, 32.79483
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 375M

Comments on the workings information

  • WATER WELL 375 M. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H. W., 1969B, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 419, 422.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: ARIZONA FIELDNOTES, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 1-5.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCES SUGGEST THAT THE SAN SIMON VALLEY MIGHT CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF SALT AND RELATED SUBSTANCES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD TC10159 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Deposit WATER WELL IN PLIOCENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-84 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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