Bidahochi Butte Occurence

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10048361
MRDS ID M899952
Record type Site
Current site name Bidahochi Butte Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06291, 35.40476 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 0.2 MILES SE OF BIDAHOCHI TRADING POST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winslow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(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 Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 23N 21E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN REFERENCE TO "MAIN ORE MINERALS"; THE IDENDITY OF THE URANIUM MINERAL IS NOT APPARENT EITHER MEGASCOPICALLY OR PETROGRAHICALLY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Host Rocks Are In Upper Member Of Tertiary Bidahochi Formation
    Rock description Host Rocks Are In Upper Member Of Tertiary Bidahochi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06291, 35.40476

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 182, P. 261

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) 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.