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Willcox Playa

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bromine, Halite
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Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014843
MRDS ID D011825
Record type Site
Current site name Willcox Playa
Related records 10160841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.90399, 32.15679 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Acc Within 0.5 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Bird Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 024E 04 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WATER CONTAINING 106,000 PPM DISSOLVED SOLIDS (NA, CL, SULFATE).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Holocene surficial deposits
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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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • AUGER HOLE 2 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: AZGS BULLETIN 180, P. 417-424.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1989, (PEIRCE).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUGER HOLE IN WILCOX PLAYA.
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD TC10157 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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