Petrified Forest National Park

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Gemstone, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000483
MRDS ID I000810
Record type District
Current site name Petrified Forest National Park
Related records 10112521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.86538, 34.81535 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM PARK HEADQUARTERS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agate House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Little Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Petrified Forest National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache
United States Arizona Navajo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Gemstone Primary
Quartz Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.86538, 34.81535

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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