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Klaner and Doolin Pits

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056434
MRDS ID TC00242
Record type Site
Current site name Klaner and Doolin Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.26274, 34.81059 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(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 017N 019W 35,36 E2 OF SE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Kaolin Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cristobalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Don Valin (Las Vegas, Nevada, Holds Some Of These Claims)

Comments on development

  • AT ONE TIME, THIS PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY BOND GOLD CO. AS A GOLD PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 1969, P. 331.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VALIN, DON, 1992, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFRACTORY MATERIAL COMPOSED OF KAOLINITE, QUARTZ, AND CRISTOBALITE PRODUCED BY HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION DURING VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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