Burro Creek Apache Tears Field

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001467
MRDS ID TC39299
Record type District
Current site name Burro Creek Apache Tears Field
Alternate or previous names Obsidian At Burro Creek
Related records 10210387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44857, 34.54174 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position FIELD LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK BUT GREATEST CONCENTRATION ON FLAT MESA AND ITS LOWER SLOPES; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF BURRO CREEK CAMPGROUND, ACC +/- 0.5 MI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaiser Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(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 Mohave

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44857, 34.54174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, B.W., AND MITCHELL, J.R., 1989, GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA: BALDWIN PARK, CALIF., GEM GUIDES BOOK CO., P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA AND BILLINGS, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS PUBLICATION CO., INC., P. 123-124.

  • Deposit

    REYNOLDS, S.J., 1988, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 26, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-94 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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