Unidentified Halite occurrence, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unidentified Halite occurrence | Occurrence |
| Maricopa Co. | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 33' 50'' North , 112° 18' 56'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 33.56389,-112.31555 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9tbnunn7c | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Occurrence | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ref.: Peirce, H.W. (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file; MRDS file #10099410.
A surface salt occurrence and former surface salt mine.
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
| Sonoran Desert, North America | Desert |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: Peirce, H.W. (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file; MRDS file #10099410. |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 9 - NORMAL HALIDES | |||
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| AX | |||
| ⓘ | Halite | 9.1.1.1 | NaCl |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Holocene 0 - 0.0117 Ma ID: 2804508 | Holocene river alluvium Age: Anthropocene (0 - 0.0117 Ma) Description: Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated sand and gravel in river channels and sand, silt, and clay on floodplains. Also includes young terrace deposits fringing floodplains. (0-10 ka) Comments: Original map source: Arizona Geological Survey, DI-8 Geologic Map of Arizona, Digital Spatial data for the Geologic Map of Arizona, v. 3.0, edited by S.M. Richard and S.M. Kneale, 2002, 10 p., 2 DOS HD disks. Arc/INFO export file (.e00) format, scale 1:1,000,000. Lithology: Major:{sand,gravel}, Minor:{silt,clay} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Quaternary - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3185380 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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