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Snowflake Quarry

Past Producer in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060177
MRDS ID TC10134
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake Quarry
Related records 10234879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.12318, 34.53617 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SNOWFLAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowflake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silver(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 13N 21E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AZ BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180 REPORTS RANGES 21 AND 22, PHILLIPS REPORTS THE SECTION TO BE 9, THE AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE CLAIMS THAT IT IN THE S 1/2 OF THE TOWNSHIP REPORTED ABOVE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.12318, 34.53617
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • REPORTED DEVELOPED AND POSSIBLY EXPLOITED IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STONE, R.W., 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM, IN USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, H.W., 1990, AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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