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Western Exploration and Development

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113315
MAS/MILS ID 0040120619
Record type Site
Current site name Western Exploration and Development

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.57549, 33.22817 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Valley(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)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Middle Miocene to Oligocene sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Exploration And Development Co.
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IN TRIGO DIST 9 TO 12 MI FROM MINES EXACT LOC UNKNOWN

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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