Saline Well Near Camp Verde

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bromine, Halite, Sodium
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023804
MRDS ID I001572
Record type Site
Current site name Saline Well Near Camp Verde

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81073, 34.51811 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Verde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 005E 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SEC. 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary
Sodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result BRINE CONTAINS 90,300 PPM DISSOLVED SOLIDS, LARGELY SODIUM AND CHLORIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Verde Formation
    Rock description Verde Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81073, 34.51811

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 National Forest
Area name Coconino National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SODIUM CHLORIDE BRINES ASSOCIATED WITH SODIUM SULFATE DEPOSITS OF THE VERDE FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.