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Steamboat School

Occurrence in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093114
MRDS ID TC00243
Record type Site
Current site name Steamboat School

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.84429, 35.72975 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ganado(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood Wash(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 027N 023E 14 CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cow Springs Formation
    Rock description Cow Springs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cretaceous sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLINIZED SANDSTONE BELOW CRETACEOUS DAKOTA SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 180, 1969, P. 331.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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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