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Agate? Site

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023619
MRDS ID I000808
Record type Site
Current site name Agate? Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68886, 33.36895 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 6 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cibola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N OF CIBOLA AND NEAR COLORADO RIVER. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION 1, T9S, R24W.
  • ON THE FLATS AND SLOPES OF THE EASTERN ASPECT OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN RANGE. LAT-LONG FROM CENTER OF SECTION 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRE AGATES HAVE A FLASHY GOLD FIRE WITH OCCASIONAL FLASHES OF GREEN OR RED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Agate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68886, 33.36895
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 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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