Mineral resources of the Kofa Unit 4 North Wilderness Study Area, Yuma County, Arizona

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6073440

Sherrod, D R; Smith, D B; Kleinkopf, M D; Gese, D D

The Kofa Unit 4 North Wilderness Study Area (AZ-050-033) is located in Yuma County, southwestern Arizona. At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1,380 acres of the Kofa Unit 4 North Wilderness Study Area were evaluated for mineral resources (known) and mineral resource potential (undiscovered). Throughout the report, reference to the Kofa Unit 4 North Wilderness Study Area or to the study area refers only to that part of the wilderness study area for which mineral surveys were requested by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Low resource potential for geothermal energy exists northwest of the range-bounding faults of the study area. The study area has no resource potential for oil or gas.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Phoenix, AZ (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6073440
• Report Number(s): PB-91-143842/XAB; USGS-BULL--1702-K
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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