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Kern County Land Company Drill Hole

Occurrence in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Helium, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Potassium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060203
MRDS ID TC10166
Record type Site
Current site name Kern County Land Company Drill Hole

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.76735, 34.98616 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Within 1/8 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Petrified Forest National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18N 24E 2 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Helium Primary
Halite Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Secondary
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Halite Ore
Helium Ore
Potash Ore
Anhydrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GAS ANALYSIS: NITROGEN 95.10% HELIUM 4.09% OXYGEN 0.58% METHANE 0.22%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Supai Formation
    Rock description Supai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.76735, 34.98616
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 294.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964

Mining district

District name Holbrook Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kern County Land Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., AND SCURLOCK, J.R., 1972, ARIZONA WELL INFORMATION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 185, 195 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., KEITH, S.B., AND WILT, J.C., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, 289 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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