Southwest Salt

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Salt
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186216
MAS/MILS ID 0040130532
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Salt
Alternate or previous names Luke Air Force Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.33823, 33.53727 (WGS84)
Elevation 331

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 002 N 001 W 02 SWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Late and middle Pleistocene surficial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Southwest Salt Corp. - J. Grott
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR ACTIVE MINE FILE

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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