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Sugarloaf Peak

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062901
MRDS ID TC36500
Record type Site
Current site name Sugarloaf Peak
Related records 10062141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58323, 35.35975 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MI W OF SUNSET CRATER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunset Crater West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canyon Diablo(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 23N 008E 19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE 3 PUMICE PITS IN SEC. 19. LAT-LONG IS FOR PIT IN SW/4 OF SE/4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58323, 35.35975
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Coconino National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE COARSE TO FINE, ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, BEDDED OR UNSORTED, AND LOOSELY CONSOLIDATED. THE DEPOSITS ARE UP TO 200 FT THICK.
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC35342 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 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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