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Cuesta Fire Agate Field

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  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 60001469
MRDS ID TC39301
Record type District
Current site name Cuesta Fire Agate Field
Alternate or previous names Fire Agate At Black Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2591, 34.96672 (WGS84)
Relative position LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR FIELD ON ALLUVIAL FAN BELOW ALKALI SPRINGS; AGATES FOUND WITHIN A BROAD AREA ON ALLUVIAL FANS AND SLOPES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN RANGE AND NOT RESTRICTED TO THE 1:24,000 QUADRANGLES NOTED.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MOUNT NUTT 1:24000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento 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 Mohave

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2591, 34.96672
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, B.W., AND MITCHELL, J.R., 1989, GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA: BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, GEM GUIDES BOOK CO., P. 10-11.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA AND BILLINGS, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS PUBLICATIONS CO., INC., P. 68-69.

  • 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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