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Crystal Peak

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065031
MRDS ID TC40020
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Peak
Related records 10210280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.09939, 33.53062 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10 MILES SE OF QUARTZSITE, IN THE PLOMOSA MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002N 018W 33 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM LABELED PROSPECTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.09939, 33.53062
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALS OCCUR IN POCKETS IN RHYOLITE. CLEAR ROCK CRYSTALS ARE 0.5 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 1 TO 6 INCHES IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 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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