Saline Water Well Near Camp Verde

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Halite, Bromine, Sodium
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 10060200
MRDS ID TC10162
Record type Site
Current site name Saline Water Well Near Camp Verde

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84573, 34.56255 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 1/2 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Verde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 14N 005E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Bromine Primary
Sodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result BRINE CONTAINS 176,893 PPM DISSOLVED SOLIDS, LARGELY SULFATE AND CHLORIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Verde Formation
    Rock description Verde Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84573, 34.56255

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRINES ASSOCIATED WITH SODIUM DEPOSITS IN THE VERDE FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRINES ASSOCIATED WITH SODIUM DEPOSITS OF THE VERDE FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Peirce, H. Wesley Arizona Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.