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Mokaac Wash Deposit

Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060167
MRDS ID TC10124
Record type Site
Current site name Mokaac Wash Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mokiah Wash, Area Aa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5758, 36.89999 (WGS84)
Relative position N OF WOLF HOLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lizard Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Littlefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(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 40N 12W 3 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS BELIEVES IT IS IN SECTION 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADE AND AMOUNT OF RESOURCES NOT DETERMINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5758, 36.89999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sam Bowman
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • INTERMITTENT OPEN-PIT MINING BY SAM BOWMAN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RAW GYPSUM SOLD FOR AGRICULTURAL USE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2D EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LARSON, L.P., AND BRIGGS, PAUL, 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ARIZONA, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1964, VOLUME III: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, P. 105-133.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 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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