Cheto 1

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Clay
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113051
MAS/MILS ID 0040010009
Record type Site
Current site name Cheto 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -109.24286, 35.21225 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolapai Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 021 N 029 E 22 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -109.24286, 35.21225

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OP:MC CARRELL & GURLEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/10/2025
MSHA mine ID0200106
Mine name (MSHA)Cheto Mine 01
Current operatorClariant Corporation
Current controller (parent)Clariant AG
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1188 m, 0.93 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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