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Detrital Wash deposit (Detrital Valley Salt deposit), Detrital Wash deposit (Detrital Valley Salt deposit), Detrital Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 58' 36'' North , 114° 28' 52'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
35.97670,-114.48112
GRN:
N24W67
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
White Hills323 (2011)27.6km
Boulder City15,551 (2017)31.6km
Meadview1,224 (2011)37.2km
Dolan Springs2,033 (2011)46.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
36791
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:36791:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0



A gypsum and halite occurrence located in sec. 24, T30N, R21W, G&SRM, on National Recreation Area land. The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 500 meters.

Mineralization is a bedded gypsum and halite deposit hosted in clay and mud of the Pliocene Muddy Creek Formation and silt. The ore body is bedded at a thickness of 213.36 meters and a depth-to-top of 243.84 meters. Local rocks include Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits and/or Quaternary surficial deposits, undivided.

A zone of clayey gypsum containing several lenticular manganiferous beds crops out for a mile on the west side of Detrital Valley near Lake Mead. The zone dips about 15ºNE and is about 200 feet thick. The manganiferous beds are a few inches to 2 feet (60 cm) thick and are separated by 15 to 20 feet of barren gypsum.

The gypsum is pure and crystalline but layers are thin with considerable clay inter-bedding. The salt is up to 715 feet thick but deposits may not be continuous. Gypsum outcrops on the edges of Lake Mead where Detrital Wash enters the lake. To the NE the outcrops are called Big Gypsum Ledges on the topo sheet. Halite occurs at depths ranging between 300 and 800 feet below surface. The halite unit is 500 to 700 feet thick.

Workings include surface drilling operations. Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company drilled and encountered halite and gypsum in numerous holes.

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGlauberite7.AD.25Na2Ca(SO4)2
ⓘAnhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Wad'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Oⓘ GlauberiteNa2Ca(SO4)2
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ GlauberiteNa2Ca(SO4)2
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Sⓘ GlauberiteNa2Ca(SO4)2
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Caⓘ GlauberiteNa2Ca(SO4)2
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR), Detrital Wash Salt Deposits file.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Mineral Lease files No. AR07763 & AR07764.
USGS MRDS ID #TC10121.
Longwell, C.R. (1928), Geology of the Muddy Mountains, Nevada: USGS Bulletin 798, 152 pages.
McKelvey, V.E., et al (1949), Preliminary report on the bedded manganese of the Lake Mead region, Nevada and Arizona, USGS Bulletin 948-D: 101.
Keith, S.B. (1969) Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona. Bulletin 180. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.371-385.p.379
Koester, Edward A. (1971), Salt Domes in Arizona, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, State of Arizona, Geo. Report No. 1: 10-12.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1974), Thick evaporates in the basin and range province-Arizona: Northern Ohio Geological Society, 4th. Symposium on salt: 47-55.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Mineral Report No. 2: 43.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1981) Major Arizona Salt Deposits: Arizona Field Notes: 11(4): 1-5.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources Mineral Report 4
Peirce, H.W. (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0040151195.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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