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Aguila

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, Bromine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055386
MRDS ID RL10062
Record type Site
Current site name Aguila

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13412, 33.90005 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Maricopa

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL LAKE NE OF THE HARQUAHALA MOUNTAINS; LOCATION UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Bromine Primary

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) -114.13412, 33.90005
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE ON BORON OCCURRENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAM, W.E., MANKIN, C.J., AND SCHLEICHER, J.A., 1961, BORATE MINERALS IN PERMIAN GYPSUM OF WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 92, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS AND MAGMA SERIES CHEMISTRY IN THE WESTERN U.S.: AN EXPLORATION MODEL: REPORT SUBMITTED TO UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC., DEC 12, 1985: MAGMACHEM EXPLORATION INC., PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMOLOUS BORON CONTENT IN LAKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

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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