Hunters Point

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062155
MRDS ID TC35451
Record type Site
Current site name Hunters Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11122, 35.5456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunters Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ganado(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(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 25N 30E 26 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS LABELED "GRAVEL PIT" ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11122, 35.5456

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PAST QUARRYING, ESPECIALLY AT EAST END OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HUNTERS POINT 7.5 MINUTE QUAD.

  • Deposit

    FUNNEL AND WOLFE, 1964, COMPENDIUM ON NON-METALLIC MINERALS OF ARIZONA.

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES - NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA-UTAH, V. 3, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, P. 35, FIG. 13.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE IS COARSE-GRAINED, DURABLE, AND HAS INTERLOCKING GRAIN STRUCTURE. WHERE FRESH, GRANITE IS PINKISH DUE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF ORTHOCLASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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