Houck Operation

Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159045
MAS/MILS ID 0040010095
Record type Site
Current site name Houck Operation
Alternate or previous names Burntwater Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.30896, 35.30615 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
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

Burntwater Wash(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 022 N 029 E 18 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.30896, 35.30615

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL WORKINGS: T22N,R29E,SEC.,7,9,25,29

  • Deposit

    PRIMARY MINERAL CONSISTS OF HYDRAFAC SAND

  • Deposit

    ADMR AZ-SILICA SAND FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR ACTIVE MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S., AZ.B.M.#180,P435

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE INFOR. SUPPLEMENT #0200633

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.