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Diamond Occurrences

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Diamond, Graphite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095943
MRDS ID TC00275
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04238, 34.88338 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chavez Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canyon Diablo(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17N 12E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR DOG VALLEY. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM SECS. 2, 11. IN CANYON DIABLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Tertiary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL BLACK DIAMONDS AND GRAPHITE AS SMALL NODULES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04238, 34.88338
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA, 1977, P. 94.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1891 A 40 LB MASS OF THE CANYON DIABLO METEORITE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN TINY BLACK DIAMONDS. SUBSEQUENTLY, SMALL DIAMONDS EMBEDDED IN GRAPHITE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OTHER FRAGMENTS FROM THE SAME FALL. SMALL GRAPHITE NODULES ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE DIABLO CANYON METEORITE FRAGMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Wells, Tina M. (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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