Basalt Quarries

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062110
MRDS ID TC35365
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23018, 35.03948 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

May Tank Pocket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 19N 01E 12 SE4 OF NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.23018, 35.03948

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Kaibab National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BILL WILLIAMS QUADRANGLE, 15 MIN.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF COCONINO COUNTY, 1960, ABM.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES INDICATE THAT THESE QUARRIES ARE THE COCONINO SANDSTONE QUARRIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

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.