Mineral resources of the New Water Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz County, Arizona

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5584031

Sherrod, D R; Smith, D B; Koch, R D; Hanna, W F; Pitkin, J A; Lane, M E

The New Water Mountains Wilderness Study Area, situated in La Paz County, west-central Arizona, locally has a moderate resource potential for gold and silver from replacement-type deposits occurring in Paleozoic marble in the western and north-central parts of the area, and a low resource potential for copper, lead, zinc, and manganese localized in fault zones that cut Tertiary volcanic rocks near the eastern edge of the range. Resource potential is low for geothermal energy or oil and gas. There is an unknown resource potential for lime, which could be developed from Paleozoic marble in the north-central part of the area. Sand and gravel occur in the area, but these materials are abundant closer to markets in the region.

• OSTI ID: 5584031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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