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Picacho Basin

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. 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 10060199
MRDS ID TC10161
Record type Site
Current site name Picacho Basin
Related records 10210708

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48988, 33.75674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 1/2 Mile Of The Humble Oil Hole

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 8S;7S 8E 2;7 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Halite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48988, 33.75674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 492.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on development

  • 1973 - HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING DRILLED A TEST HOLE, AND GEOTHERMAL KINETICS, INC., DRILLED AN 8000 FT. HOLE IN 1974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: FIELDNOTES, V. 11, N. 4, P. 1-5.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1974, THICK EVAPORITES IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE--ARIZONA: NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 4TH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, P. 47-55.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEST HOLE ENCOUNTERED 80 FT OF HALITE ABOVE 5985 FT OF ANHYDRITE WITH THIN SHALE STRINGERS. A SECOND HOLE ENCOUNTERED 1500 FT OF EVAPORITE OF WHICH 600-700 FT WERE OF SALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.

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