River Rocks Agate Field

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 60001473
MRDS ID TC39305
Record type District
Current site name River Rocks Agate Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50081, 35.25002 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position FIELD IS IN ALLUVIUM W OF THE BLACK MTNS AND E OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND N OF ARIZONA RT 68; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DAVIS DAM 1:24000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRASSHOPPER JUNCTION 1:24000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(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) -114.50081, 35.25002

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA AND BILLINGS, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS PUBLICATIONS CO., INC., P. 71-72.

  • 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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