Lees Ferry Mercury

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10209536
MAS/MILS ID 0040050297
Record type Site
Current site name Lees Ferry Mercury

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.57714, 36.8694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lees Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 040 N 008 E 18 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.57714, 36.8694

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY,E., AZ.B.M.#180,P229

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH,G., MIN.RES.NAV-HOPI INDIAN RESERV., VOL I,P47

  • Deposit

    USBM CRIB PRINTOUT #M055099

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-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.