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Wide Ruins Area

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062111
MRDS ID TC35366
Record type Site
Current site name Wide Ruins Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46511, 35.38282 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SE OF WIDE RUINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wide Ruins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Leroux 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 Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 027E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION NUMBER IS APPROXIMATE. USED LAT-LONG FOR SAND PIT IN BENT KNEE WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Bidanochi Formation-Upper Member
    Rock description Bidanochi Formation-Upper Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.46511, 35.38282
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES (OF THE) NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA-UTAH, P. 98.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 FT THICK SAND DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-MAY-95 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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