Gila Bend

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Strontium
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234730
MRDS ID RL10063
MAS/MILS ID 0040130292
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Bend
Alternate or previous names Gila Bend Celestite
Related records 10092989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.74384, 32.78979 (WGS84)
Elevation 323

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South of Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 S 005 W 26 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.74384, 32.78979

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR"U" FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-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.