Arizona Geology

The February issue of National Geographic Magazine includes an article on Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in the Arizona-Utah border re...

"The value of mineral production in the United States increased by 12 percent in 2011 from that of 2010. The value of raw, nonfuel mine...

The Arizona Senate Natural Resources & Transportation Committee approved both SB1171 (AZGS statute reorganization) and SB1299 (AZGS 10-...

Potash potential in Arizona is a major theme at this week's upcoming Little Colorado River Plateau Resource Conservation and Developme...

The New York Public Library has a collection of19th century stereoscopic ("3D") photos online that includes 196 from Arizona . ...

The best of Arizona's minerals will go on display in a special centennial show at the Univ. of Arizona's Mineral Museum in Flandra...

I took a quick walk through a few exhibits at the Tucson Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Showcase that got underway officially today (wheeling and ...

What's a kid going to do? Mom and Dad are looking at really boring rocks and the playground has been taken over by a bunch of pesky din...

HB2701 Disaster Response: adds mining and industrial accidents to definition, and makes other changes "Disaster recovery" means ...

The Microsoft Research film crew has packed up and moved out to get background city shots, after spending all day filming at AZGS. They a...

Field mapping in Arizona sometimes brings surprises, and not all of them are geologic. Here, AZGS geologist Phil Pearthree considers an ...

The entire city of Tucson looks like move-in day at the university. There are U-Haul trucks everywhere, unloading crates, barrels, and boxe...

Arizona will hit a "critical threshold" for water in 2035, according to Karen L. Smith, formerly deputy director of the Arizona De...

The first of more than 200 events are being held today as Arizona's first Science -Technology Festival gets underway. Events will conti...

The bill to reauthorize the Arizona Geological Survey in state statute was introduced in the Legislature today and will be heard by the Sen...

Two Arizona coal-fired power plants that have ash ponds are part of a national debate. An article on EnergyBiz.com by Ken Silverstein of...

Potash prices rose 32% in 2011, the 3rd highest rate among 32 global commodities. In an interview on The Energy Report , securities analys...

Phoenix and Tucson get much of their water from the Central Arizona Project, "the country's largest and most expensive water-delive...

The world produced 118 million pounds of uranium in 2010 but consumed 190 million pounds. The deficit is made up from Cold War era supplie...

The peak of world production may not occur until 2060 or even later as a result of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) of existing resources, shale ...