Chelly Sandstone

Occurrence in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Flagstone
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 10185943
MAS/MILS ID 0040010103
Record type Site
Current site name Chelly Sandstone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.10256, 35.76114 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Defiance(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
Navajo 001 N 005 W 35 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN,J.& BALK,R. N.MEX BULL #36,P21

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.