| Deposit ID | 10060164 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10121 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Detrital Wash Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Detrital Valley |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.46749, 36.01667 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bonelli Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Detrital Wash(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 30N;29N | 20W;21W | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Halite | Primary |
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gypsum | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Muddy Creek Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Muddy Creek Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt |
| (1) | -114.46749, 36.01667 |
|---|
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 213.36M |
| Depth to top | 243.84M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10121 |
LONGWELL, C.R., 1928, GEOLOGY OF THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 798, 152 P.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: FIELDNOTES, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 1-5.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1974, THICK EVAPORITES IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE--ARIZONA: NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 4TH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, P. 47-55.
KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 379.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GYPSUM IS PURE AND CRYSTALLINE BUT LAYERS ARE THIN WITH CONSIDERABLE CLAY INTERBEDDING. SALT TO 715 FT THICK; DEPOSIT MAY NOT BE CONTINUOUS. GYPSUM OUTCROPS ON EDGES OF LAKE MEAD WHERE DETRITAL WASH ENTERS LAKE. TO NE OUTCROPS ARE CALLED BIG GYPSUM LEDGES ON TOPO SHEET. HALITE OCCURS AT DEPTHS RANGING BETWEEN 300 AND 800 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. THE HALITE UNIT IS 500-700 FT THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1989 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1991 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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