Burro Wash Deposit

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060163
MRDS ID TC10120
Record type Site
Current site name Burro Wash Deposit
Related records 10137789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60911, 34.78059 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16N 13W 27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 261
USGS model code 35b.4 (35b.9)
Deposit model name Lacustrine gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60911, 34.78059

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.