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Agate? Site

Past Producer in Mohave 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023620
MRDS ID I000809
Record type Site
Current site name Agate? Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43024, 34.88781 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 5 Miles., Est +/- 5 Miles., Est +/- 5 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN TOPOCK AND OATMAN. LAT-LONG TAKEN FRON AN ARBITRARY POINT BETWEEM OATMAN AND TOPOCK (CENTER OF SEC. 5, T17N, R20W).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

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) -114.43024, 34.88781
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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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS COMMONLY OCCUR AS HOMOGENEOUS, POROUS BEDS THAT ARE GRAY WHITE, FIBROUS AND 1-2 M THICK. LAYERS OF SILT, CLAY AND TUFFACEOUS MATERIAL ARE INTERCALATED BETWEEN MINERALIZED BEDS. LOCALLY MINERALIZED SEQUENCES MAY BE 250-300 M THICK. THE NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE IN THIS AREA CONSISTS OFA 2000-M-THICK SECTION OF HALITE NEAR THE BASE, OVERLAIN BY A BORATE- AND GYPSUM-BEARING SEQUENCE IN THE MIDDLE, AND FANGLOMERATES AT THE TOP. THERE WERE 3 MAJOR PULSES OF MINERALIZATION. THESE DEPOSITS ARE THE LARGEST KNOWN HYDROBORACITE RESERVE IN THE WORLD.

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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