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Hack Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Mohave 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060165
MRDS ID TC10122
Record type Site
Current site name Hack Canyon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.81161, 36.58333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 37N 5W 27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION CHOSEN TO BE THE MOUTH OF ROBINSON CANYON (ROBESON CANYON IN REESIDE) WHERE THE UPPER PART OF THE SECTION REPORTING THE GYPSUM WAS MEASURED. THE LOCATION IS GIVEN INCORRECTLY IN ABM BULLETIN 180 AND IN PHILLIPS, 1987.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sand Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Formation;Toroweap Formation
    Rock description Kaibab Formation;Toroweap Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.81161, 36.58333
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, BEDDED
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REESIDE, J.B., JR., AND BASSLER, HARVEY, 1922, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 129-D, P. 53-77.

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, E.D., 1938, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY OF THE TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH: CARNEGIE INST. WASHINGTON PUB. 492, 268 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C.F., 1962, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-33, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 379.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM LENSES 1-4 FT THICK IN RED BEDS ASSOCIATED WITH KAIBAB AND TOROWEAP FORMATIONS. GYPSUM ALSO IN LIMESTONE BRECCIAS. GYPSUM RANGES FROM FINE GRAINED, HARD AND WHITE, TO COARSE GRAINED SUGARY, SOFT AND MASSIVE. LOCALLY CONTAINS ABUNDANT QUARTZ AND MUD. 80 FT OF GYPSUM AND 125 FT OF IMPURE GYPSUM MEASURED IN HACKS CANYON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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