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Busted Track

Prospect in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066389
MRDS ID TC42558
Record type Site
Current site name Busted Track

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28357, 33.682 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF I-10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Camp Mountain(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

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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 020W 13 SW4 OF SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG FROM SHAFT SYMBOL WITH SEVERAL PROSPECTS SURROUNDING IT. LOCATED AT THE BASE OF OLDMAN MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm - All Minerals Owned By Fed. Govt.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sterling Minerals Corp.

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-1986 PERIOD, STERLING MINERALS ASSEMBLED A GRAVITY PROCESSING PLANT AND PROCESSED BULK SAMPLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-DEC-94 Wells, Tina M. (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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