Black Rock Springs 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060169
MRDS ID TC10126
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Springs Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7208, 36.81166 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 25 MILES SOUTH OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH., Est, Used Black Rock Springs

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Hole Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Littlefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 39N 13W 5 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LEGAL DESCRIPTION CORRECTED AS PER DESCRIPTION AND MAP IN REESIDE AND BASSLER AND IN MCKEE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7208, 36.81166

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REESIDE, J.B., JR., AND BASSLER, HARVEY, 1922, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 129-D, P 53-77.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2D EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C.F., 1962, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-33, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, E.D., 1938, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY OF THE TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH: CARNEGIE INST. WASHINGTON PUB. 492, 268 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 22 FT OF RED SHALE WITH PROMINENT BEDS OF BLUISH GYPSUM, 17 FT OF REDDISH GYPSUM, 10 FT IMPURE YELLOWISH BROWN GYPSUM, 43 FT OF PINKISH GYPSUM

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.