Gila Bend

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092989
MRDS ID RL10063
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Bend
Related records 10234730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75077, 32.95008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesquite Jim Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dateland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(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

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN-- 3(?) KM SE OF GILA BEND INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75077, 32.95008

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAM, W.E., MANKIN, C.J., AND SCHLEICHER, J.A., 1961, BORATE MINERALS IN PERMIAN GYPSUM OF WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 92, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS AND MAGMA SERIES CHEMISTRY IN THE WESTERN U.S.: AN EXPLORATION MODEL: REPORT SUBMITTED TO UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC., DEC. 12, 1985: MAGMACHEM EXPLORATION INC., PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 'COLEMANITE EGG'- NO DATA ON COLEMANITE OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

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.