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Navajo Springs Helium-Gas Field

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Helium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060202
MRDS ID TC10164
Record type Site
Current site name Navajo Springs Helium-Gas Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46539, 35.10144 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES E OF PINTA DOME, Acc - On Well In Sec. 27

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Navajo Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(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 20N;19N 27E 27,31,32;5 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • T. 20N., R. 27E. T. 19N., R. 27E. NW/4 SW/4 SEC 27 SE/4 NE/4 SEC 5 SEC 31 NW/4 NW/4 SEC 5 W/2 SW/4 SEC 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Helium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Helium Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Coconino Sandstone
    Rock description Coconino Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.46539, 35.10144
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Moenkopi Formation Micaceous Siltstone And Silty Mudstone Form An Impermeable Cap

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1964
Year of last production 1976
Production years 1964-1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, JON, 1983, HELIUM RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: FIELDNOTES, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 6-7, 15-16.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOUBLY PLUNGING ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE HAS ABOUT 100 FT OF RELIEF. NORTH-WEST-TRENDING ANTICLINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-89 Bolm, Karen S. 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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