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Houck Silica Sand

Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Silica
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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. 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 10062133
MRDS ID TC35401
Record type Site
Current site name Houck Silica Sand
Alternate or previous names Burntwater Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28927, 35.27422 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG IS FOR LARGE SAND PIT IN SECTION 29.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burntwater Wash(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 022N 029E 29,7,9,18,25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PLANT IS SOUTH OF HOUCK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HYDROFRAC SAND FOR OIL WELL TREATMENT IS MARKETED IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.28927, 35.27422
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MARKETS IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA DMR, SEPT. 1983.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS-1989-1990: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY, 14 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND IS UNCONSOLIDATED, FAIRLY COARSE-GRAINED, WELL ROUNDED, AND NEARLY PURE QUARTZ.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC35368 OF M. CARBONARO, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-APR-1995 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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