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Higley Basin

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. 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 10060159
MRDS ID TC10116
Record type Site
Current site name Higley Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69571, 33.28536 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MI E OF CHANDLER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Higley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 2S 6E 1 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69571, 33.28536
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1973

Comments on development

  • GEOTHERMAL KINETICS, INC. DRILLED TWO HOLES IN T.2 S., R.6 E., SEC. 1, ON EITHER SIDE TO DEPTH OF 10,000 FT. THE ORIGINAL GEOTHERMAL TEST HOLE WAS TO 9,000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES FIELD NOTES, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 1-4.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOTHERMAL TEST WELL CONFIRMS 7000 FT OF SEDIMENT OF WHICH 1500 FT IS EVAPORITE. ANHYDRITE IS THE MAJOR EVAPORITE PRESENT. DEPOCENTER IS HYPOTHESIZED TO BE 4 MILES WEST OF THE TEST WELL. TOP COULD BE 2,300 FT BENEATH SURFACE AT DEPOCENTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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