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Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Yavapai 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. 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 10065181
MRDS ID TC40228
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84156, 34.85726 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sedona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(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

Coconino 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 017N 005E 16 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • GRAVEL PIT IN TERRACE, EAST BANK OF DRY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Gravel Facies Of The Verde Formation, Oxbow Group Of House And Pearthree (1993)
    Rock description Gravel Facies Of The Verde Formation, Oxbow Group Of House And Pearthree (1993)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84156, 34.85726
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THE GRAVEL PIT IS MORE THAN 260 FEET ABOVE THE MODERN CHANNEL OF DRY CREEK AND HAS BEEN EXCAVATED TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 40 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, SEDONA 1:24,000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    WEIR, G.W., ULRICH, G.E., AND NEALEY, L.D., 1989, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SEDONA 30' X 60' QUADRANGLE, YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1896, MAP SCALE OF 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    HOUSE, P.K. AND PEARTHREE, P.A., 1993, SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN VERDE VALLEY, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-16, 19P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXPLOITED MATERIAL RANGES FROM SILT TO BOULDER GRAVEL IN SIZE. THE GRAVELS ARE COMPOSED MOSTLY OF PALEOZOIC SANDSTONE, CHERT, AND LIMESTONE OF VARIOUS SHADES OF RED, YELLOW, AND WHITE; AND GRAY TERTIARY BASALT. THE COBBLE GRAVEL IS FAIRLY, BUT NOT COMPLETELY, FREE OF COATINGS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE OR CLAY. THE SILT AND SAND MATERIALS ARE PALE MODERATE BROWN (5YR4/3).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1995 Cox, Leslie 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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