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Big Sandy Formation

Unknown in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bentonite, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone, Zeolites
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210885
MAS/MILS ID 0040150369
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sandy Formation

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.56548, 34.70314 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wikieup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 016 N 013 W 25 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Limestone, Dimension Tertiary
Flagstone Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.56548, 34.70314
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POTASSTUM

  • Deposit

    GLAUCONITIC GREEN SAND

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD,R.&GUDE,A.,USGS PROF.PAPERS 830

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD,R.&GUDE,A.,USGS BULL.1354-C

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD,R.,AZ.B.M.BULL#180,P465

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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

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