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Mudersbach Gypsum

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102214
MRDS ID I001097
Record type Site
Current site name Mudersbach Gypsum
Alternate or previous names Mudersback, Tuck

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06022, 33.80394 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position MIGHT BE IN SECTION 05.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse 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 05N 017W 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.06022, 33.80394
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BED OF GYPSUM SEVERAL FEET WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG FORMS THE DEPOSIT. THE GYPSUM IS OFTEN INTERMIXED WITH LIMESTONE AND MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM IN-PLACE ALTERATION OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-91 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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