Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Reports
The Cenozoic paleogeography of Arizona is interpreted
from the sedimentary and volcanic strata
throughout the state. Paleogeographic features such
as mountains, plateaus, depositional basins, and...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-F
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Mineral production is essential to our civilization because minerals provide the raw materials which
allow our society to function. Pima County is endowed with many mineral resources, not only...
Resource Identifiers: CR-01-B
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George R. Simpson was issued Navajo Tribal Mining Permit No. 48 in the northwestern Carrizo Mountains, Apache County, Arizona on August 6, 1954. This permit was one mile square
(Figure 1). On this...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-E
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The copper mining operations of the Verde Mining District near Jerome were similar to Arizona's other great copper districts in many ways, but differ in other respects. While they faced similar...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-D
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Plot 6 is the 1 argest of 16 pIots ( claims) of a 229 .14-acre vanadium Iease that was issued in 1942.
This lease was named the West Reservation Lease by the lessee, the Vanadium Corporation of...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-C
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Every State receives title to the beds of its navigable rivers when it joins the Union. The streambeds of navigable rivers become sovereign lands to be held for the public trust...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-B
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Plot 2 is one of 16 plots (claims) that comprise a 229.14 acre lease for vanadium that was signed
in 1941. This lease was called the West Reservation Lease by the lessee Vanadium Corporation
of...
Resource Identifiers: CR-18-A
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Phillip Anderson conducted a comprehensive study of the Proterozoic geology, tectonics, and mineral deposits of the Southwest, focused on Arizona. He started his studies upon arrival at the...
Resource Identifiers: CR-17-D
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Trends of increasing wildfire size and severity across the western U.S. and concurrent encroachment and development into the wildland-urban interface place more people and infrastructure at greater...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-17-06
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E.D. Wilson's 1937 Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, MA. Dr. Wilson was a senior geologist at the Arizona Bureau of Mines for many years.
Rocks which have been classified as pre-Cambrian...
Resource Identifiers: CR-17-C
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Recognition and dogged pursuit of economic opportunities throughout southern Arizona during decades spanning the turn of the 20th century provided the stable foundation for later growth and...
Resource Identifiers: CR-17-B
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The 1922 thesis of E.D. Wilson describing the Mazatzal Quartzite.
Resource Identifiers: The Mazatzal Quartzite, a new Precambrian Formation of central Arizona
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The hostile environment of southwestern Arizona’s
low desert presented many challenges to those who
sought to discover and exploit the mineral wealth
of the region. Ajo’s remote location combined...
Resource Identifiers: CR-17-A
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The surficial geology of Chiricahua National Monument was mapped around Monument headquarters and the primary visitors’ facilities to understand the geologic and geomorphic framework of the area, and...
Resource Identifiers: CR-16-F
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The Copper Mountain (Morenci) mining district is located approximately 115
miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona (Figure 1). It lies along the southern
boundary of the Transitional physiographic...
Resource Identifiers: CR-16-C
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Field-based geologic mapping has
identified one large central volcano and
84 small volcanoes and intrusions in an
area of 180 mi2 (470 km2) on and near the
Mogollon Rim in the north part of Verde...
Resource Identifiers: CR-16-E
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This thesis examines different methods of communicating volcanic hazards to the
population of Flagstaff, Arizona using the results of a recent lava flow hazard assessment of the
nearby San...
Resource Identifiers: CR-16-A
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The Grandview Breccia Pipe is located on Horseshoe Mesa within the Grand Canyon,
north of Grandview Point.
The pipe is a classic model of a Colorado Plateau type solution collapse breccia pipe....
Resource Identifiers: CR-16-B
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In November 1870, General George Stoneman, the military
commander of the Arizona Territory, erected a small
military camp near the base of Picket Post Mountain
and began construction of a road to...
Resource Identifiers: CR-15-D
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While researching sources of information on pre-U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC)
carnotite mining on the Navajo Indian Reservation, the author discovered another source.
Records of an ore...
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