Mine detail: Detrital Wash Deposit

Previously called 'Detrital Valley'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.01667, -114.46749

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum, Halite
Orebody form: BEDDED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Muddy Creek Formation
Host type:Clay, Mud,Silt

References

MRDSTC10121
DEP10060164
Reference{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., 1928, GEOLOGY OF THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 798, 152 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: FIELDNOTES, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 1-5.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1974, THICK EVAPORITES IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE--ARIZONA: NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 4TH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, P. 47-55.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE: IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 379.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M.