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Pinta Dome Helium-Gas Field

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Helium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060201
MRDS ID TC10163
Record type Site
Current site name Pinta Dome Helium-Gas Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.22819, 35.09033 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winslow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20N;19N 26E 28,32,33,34,35;2,4,10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • HELIUM WELLS IN PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1976: T. 20N., R. 26E. T. 19N., R. 26E. SE/4 SEC 28 NE/4 SW/4 SEC 2 NW/4 SEC 32 SEC 4 SE/4 SEC 32 N/2 NE/4 SEC 4 SW/4 SEC 33 NE/4 NE/4 SEC 10 SW/4 SW/4 SEC 34 NW/4 SE/4 SEC 34 NW/4 NW/4 SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Helium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Helium Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Coconino Sandstone
    Rock description Coconino Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.22819, 35.09033
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 99.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Moenkopi Formation'S Micaceous Siltstone And Silty Mudstone Form An Impermeable Cap. Pinta Dome Fault Offsets The Ne Flank Of The Dome.

Comments on the geologic information

  • POROSITY OF SANDSTONE MIGHT BE AS HIGH AS 20%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1961
Year of last production 1975
Production years 1961-1975

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp. And Eastern Petroleum

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, JON, 1983, HELIUM RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: FIELDNOTES, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 6-7, 15-16.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WITHIN PINTA ANTICLINE, AN EAST-WEST-TRENDING, DOUBLY PLUNGING STRUCTURE WITH ABOUT 100 FT OF RELIEF, WHICH DIPS ON ITS FLANKS TYPICALLY 0.5 - 1.5 DEGREES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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