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Unidentified Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056448
MRDS ID TC00265
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.40903, 35.84447 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Probably +/- 1 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polacca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polacca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Polacca 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 027N 018E 9 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPRAISAL AS STRUCTURAL CLAY: GOOD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation;Dakota Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation;Dakota Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.40903, 35.84447
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION AND CRETACEOUS DAKOTA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA-UTAH, U OF A.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT CONTACT OF 2 FORMATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 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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