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Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Farnham, L.L. & L.A. Stewart (1958), Manganese deposits of western Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7843.

Dale, V.B. (1959), Tungsten deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5516.

Hewett, D.F. (1964), Veins of hypogene manganese oxide minerals in the southwestern United States, Economic Geology: 59: 1429-1472.

Miller, F.K. (1966) Structure and petrology of the southern half of the Plomosa Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona: Stanford, Stanford University, Ph.D. dissertation, 107 p.

Miller, F.K., and McKee, E.H. (1971) Thrust and strike-slip faulting in the Plomosa Mountains, southwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin: 82(3): 717-722.

Keith, Stanley B., and Wilt, J.C., eds. (1983) Field Trip to northern Plomosa Mountains, Granite Wash Mountains, and western Harquahala Mountains, Arizona Geological Society Fall Field Trip 1983: Arizona Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, [119] p.

Keith, Stanton B., Wilt, J.C., and Scarborough, R. (1983) Day 1 - Parker to northern Plomosa Mountains via Plomosa Road, in Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., eds., Field Trip to northern Plomosa Mountains, Granite Wash Mountains, and western Harquahala Mountains, Arizona Geological Society Fall Field Trip 1983: Arizona Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, p. 1-32.

Scarborough, R.B., and Meader, N.G. (1983) Reconnaissance geology of the northern Plomosa Mountains, with assistance by J.C. Wilt and S.B. Keith: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Open-File Report 83-24, 35 p.

Davis, G.M. (1985) Geology of the southern Plomosa Mountains: Tempe, Arizona State University, M.S. thesis, 158 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Stoneman, D.A. (1985) Geologic map of the Plomosa Pass area, northern Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Miscellaneous Map MM-85-B, 1 sheet, scale 12,000.

Stoneman, D.A. (1985) Structural geology of the Plomosa Pass area, northern Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000.

Scarborough, R.B., and Meader, N.M. (1989) Geologic map of the northern Plomosa Mountains, Yuma [La Paz] County, Arizona, 4 December 1981: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-89-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Foster, D.A., and Spencer, J.E. (1992) Apatite and zircon fission-track dates from the northern Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, west-central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-09, 11 p.

Lerch, Felix (1992) Geologic map of part of the southern Plomosa Mountains, west-central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-92-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000.

Richard, S.M. (1992) Detailed geologic map of the upper Apache Wash area, central southern Plomosa Mountains, west-central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-02, 11 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000.

Richard, S.M., Spencer, J.E., Tosdal, R.M., and Stone, Paul (1993) Preliminary geologic map of the southern Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-09, 27 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000

Richard, S.M., and Spencer, J.E. (1994) Detailed geologic map and cross sections of the Ramsay Mine area, southeastern Plomosa Mountains, west-central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-14, 16 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 235, 228, 363, 417.

Steinke, T.R. (1997) Geologic map of the eastern Plomosa Pass area, northern Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-97-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:3,570.





Map Reference: 33°42'N , 114°3'W

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Bassanite
'Bentonite'
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Cinnabar
Copper
'Copper Stain'
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gold
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
Hematite
var: Specularite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite

Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
'Marble'
Metacinnabar
Montmorillonite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Posnjakite
Prosopite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumice'
Pyrargyrite ?
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
Scheelite
Schorl
Siderite
Tenorite
'Tourmaline'
Vanadinite
Vermiculite
'Wad'
Willemite


174 entries listed. 43 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
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  • Arizona
    • La Paz Co.
      • Plomosa Mts
          • Aquila
          • Black Mesa
          • Kofa Game Range
          • Plomosa Pass

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