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North Fork of Phoenix Wash

Occurrence in Navajo 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056435
MRDS ID TC00245
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork of Phoenix Wash
Related records 10210907

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.54513, 34.27784 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carrizo(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 017E 9 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN OR NEAR FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION OR IN SITGREAVES NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE REFRACTORY CLAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.54513, 34.27784
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZOONA DMR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE REFRACTORY CLAY IN SANDSTONE OVERLYING COAL SEAMS.

Reporter information

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

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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