Mine detail: Red Lake Playa

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.61168, -114.00079

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Muddy Creek Formation
Host type:Lake Sediments,Evaporite
Structure:Hualpai Valley Has All Of The Earmarks Of An Elongate Closed Basin.

References

MRDSTC10160
DEP10060198
Reference{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:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1981, MAJOR ARIZONA SALT DEPOSITS: FIELDNOTES, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 1-5.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.