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Muggins Mountains

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062340
MRDS ID TC35707
Record type Site
Current site name Muggins Mountains
Related records 10113698

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18522, 32.71397 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 08S 019W 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTH FLANK OF MUGGINS MOUNTAINS. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18522, 32.71397
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Yuma Proving Ground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURS IN A HARD WHITE ALTERED VITRIC TUFF AND IN AN OVERLYING BED OF GRAYISH-WHITE ASHY TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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