Unidentified Clay Occurrence.

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056443
MRDS ID TC00259
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Clay Occurrence.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00211, 36.01335 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuba City SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moenkopi Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 030N 012E 02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON INDIAN RESERVATON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPRAISAL AS STRUCTURAL CLAY: GOOD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cow Springs Formation;Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Cow Springs Formation;Dakota Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00211, 36.01335

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN JURASSIC COW SPRINGS SANDSTONE AND CRETACEOUS DAKOTA SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA-UTAH: U OF A.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.