Clip Wash

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Kyanite, Talc-Soapstone
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056453
MRDS ID TC00272
Record type Site
Current site name Clip Wash
Related records 10186296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67135, 33.18674 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 03S 023W 6,7 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURRENCE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1300 FT E. OF THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA BORDER, ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER BETWEEN YUMA AND EHRENBERG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE, FIBROUS BLUE DUMORTIERITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dumortierite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Pyrophyllite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67135, 33.18674

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANTHONY, WILLIAMS, BIDEAUX, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA, PP 97-98

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE, FIBROUS DUMORTIERITE, ALTERING TO PYROPHYLLITE AND ASSOCIATED WITH KYANITE, OCCURS IN BOULDERS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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