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Meteor Crater

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Silica
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  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 10283056
MAS/MILS ID 0040050319
Record type Site
Current site name Meteor Crater
Alternate or previous names Jupiter Placer Pat.Claim MS 1806, Saturn Placer Pat.Claim MS 1806, Venus Placer Pat.Claim MS 1806, Mars Placer Pat.Claim MS 1806

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.02241, 35.02754 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meteor Crater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Little Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 N 012+E 13 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.02241, 35.02754
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Standard Iron Co.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Barrington Crater Co
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO NORTH HALF SECTION 24

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY: SILICA SAND,STISHOVITE,COESITE

  • Deposit

    USGS METEOR CRATER QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEETS 147 148

  • Deposit

    ADMR METEOR CRATER FILE

  • Deposit

    MAINWARING,T.A.,MKT.FOR METEOR CRATER SILICA SAND IN ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,STANFORD RESEARCH INST.,1954

  • Deposit

    ADMR U 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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