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Painted Desert

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056459
MRDS ID TC00285
Record type Site
Current site name Painted Desert

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6786, 36.01194 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoover Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 30N 022W 6 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH AND WEST OF WHITE ROCK CANYON IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 38
USGS model code 13e
Deposit model name Feldspar contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6786, 36.01194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED FOR FELDSPAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGIC SURVEY, 1969, BULL. 180, P. 345.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1960, BULL. 1082-D. P. 192-193.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PEIRCE (1990).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FELDSPAR-QUARTZ-BIOTITE PEGMATITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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