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Clarkdale Clay Quarry

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Brick Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060263
MRDS ID TC10262
Record type Site
Current site name Clarkdale Clay Quarry
Alternate or previous names Lakebed
Related records 10259553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10907, 34.76948 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH OF CLARKDALE, AZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016N 003E 18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Verde Formation
    Rock description Verde Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10907, 34.76948
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phoenix Cement Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE OF CLAIMS COVERING 500 ACRES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 332.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20-25 FT THICK SMECTITE LAYER IN RHYOLITE TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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