Arizona Helium

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Helium
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234254
MAS/MILS ID 0040010021
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Helium

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.54237, 35.12365 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Navajo South(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 020 N 026 E 23 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Helium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.54237, 35.12365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Helium Corp
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAW HELIUM PIPED TO THE PLANT FROM THREE WELLS LOCATED 8.5

  • Deposit

    MILES AWAY AT THE EAST NAVAJO SPRING FIELDS,

  • Deposit

    ADMR MINE FILE

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.