Alamo Lake Petrified Palm Field

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001474
MRDS ID TC39306
Record type District
Current site name Alamo Lake Petrified Palm Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60247, 34.22395 (WGS84)
Relative position GEM FIELD INCLUDES ALL AREAS ADJACENT TO ALAMO LAKE; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR ALAMO DAM; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ARTILLERY PEAK 1:24000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alamo Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(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
United States Arizona La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60247, 34.22395

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, B.W., AND MITCHELL, J.R., 1989, GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA: BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, GEM GUIDES BOOK CO., P. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA AND BILLINGS, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS PUBLICATIONS CO., INC., P. 138-139.

  • Deposit

    REYNOLDS, S.J., 1988, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 26, SCALE: 1:1,000,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-94 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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